Ryan Guyandat was on Tuesday acquitted on a charge of causing a man to rape another man; but faces a retrial in relation to another count of the offence, which accuses him of raping the complainant.
Following hours of deliberations, the 12-member jury was unanimous in its acquittal on the allegation leveled against Guyandat for causing a third party to penetrate the virtual complainant (VC).
In accordance with Section 3 (3) of the Sexual Offences Act, Chapter 8:03; one of the ways in which a person commits the offence of rape is by causing a complainant “to engage in sexual penetration with a third person…the complainant does not consent to the penetration; and the accused does not reasonably believe that the complainant consents.”
