A jury on Thursday found former President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Colwyn King, guilty of raping a child.
The unanimous guilty verdict was returned on two counts of rape of a female child under 16 which occurred in April 2021. During the trial, it was revealed that the offence was committed at night and then again in the afternoon where no one else was present.
Former GTU President Colwyn King
King, who was previously on $350,000 bail pending the trial, was immediately remanded to prison by Justice Simone Morris pending sentencing on July 17.
The prosecution was led by State Counsels Muntaz Ali and Geneva Wills. Attorney-at-Law Tonza Sarrabo represented King.
In October 2011, he was committed to stand trial in the High Court having been charged and granted bail on November 13, 2009.
In 2009, King faced a similar rape charge and was acquitted by a jury in 2016. He was accused of raping a child at a Princes Street, Georgetown hotel in 2009. On October 28, 2011, he was ordered to stand trial at the High Court, after being released on $100,000 bail. He was acquitted of that charge. King had resigned from his post of President of the GTU and Administrator of the Guyana Industrial Training Centre, when he was arrested after the child levied the rape allegation against him.
