20-year-old charged for making girl watch “sex act”
A 20-year-old man of Silvertown, Wismar Linden in Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Berbice) has found himself arraigned in court for the offence of “causing a child under 16 years old to watch a sexual act.”
Charged: Keyron Healis
Keyron Healis has, however, denied the charge when he appeared before Linden Magistrate Wanda Fortune via Zoom.
According to the Police, the incident occurred on December 4, 2020, but the man was charged with the offence only on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Reports are that the matter was with the Childcare and Protection Agency for most of 2021, and the file was finally forwarded to Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) late last year.
The charge was laid under Section 12 (2) of the Sexual Offences Act, Chapter 08:03, and the a ccused Healis was released on $75,000 bail. The case will continue on March 23.
