Man acquitted of raping woman after alleged Instagram connection

Tevin Henry

A man accused of raping a young woman was on Monday afternoon freed after a jury acquitted him.

In a majority verdict of 10 to 2, the panel found Tevin Henry not guilty of sexually penetrating the young woman who was 18 years old at the time of the alleged assault.

The charge against the then 25-year-old electrician had been that on August 4th, 2019, in the County of Demerara, he sexually penetrated the teen without her consent.