Odingo Emanuel, called ‘Dingo’, has been found guilty of raping a woman on August 10, 2018 in Essequibo.
A 12-member jury in Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry’s court at the Essequibo High Court unanimously found the 48-year-old miner, of Imbaimadai Landing, Upper Mazaruni River, guilty of the offence, committed on a 36-year-old woman.
In light of this guilty verdict returned by the jury on Thursday, the convicted rapist has been remanded to prison pending sentencing, which is scheduled for February 7, 2022.
Convicted rapist Odingo Emanuel
He was represented by Attorney-at-Law Lachmi Dindayal, while State Counsel Tiffini Lyken appeared on behalf of the prosecution.
It was reported that at about 22:30h on August 10, 2018, the woman had attended a friend’s wake, which was held a short distance from her reputed husband’s home. The woman then began looking for her partner, and asked whether anyone at the wake had seen him. It was then, according to reports, that Emanuel told her to check at the man’s home.
Upon her arrival at that home, the victim noticed the door half-open, and she went straight to the bedroom. She heard a noise coming from the front door, and as a result, she left the bedroom and went to the door, where she reportedly came face to face with Emanuel, who was already inside the house.
It was reported that when the woman enquired why Emanuel was at the house, he ran towards her, threw her on the bedroom floor, and proceeded to engage in sex with her against her will.
The woman began to scream and scratch the accused in his face, and her reputed husband came to her rescue and dragged the man off of her.
A report was made, and the accused was arrested.
The now-convicted Emanuel had been placed on $250,000 bail pending the determination of his trial before the High Court. (G1)
