Labourer, driver get bail on separate rape charges

Rowel Reynolds, also known as “Gully”, a 29-year-old labourer of Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), was on Monday arraigned before Charity Magistrate Esther Sam on a charge alleging that he had sexually assaulted a female child in 2013. He has not been required to plead to the indictable charge.
On December 4, 2013, he had been placed on bail in the sum of $150,000 with the requirement that he keeps a 100-foot distance from the virtual complainant (VC) and refrain from contacting her or her family.
This matter will be called again on September 29 at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court.

Meanwhile, in a separate matter, Selvin Singh, a 52-year-old driver of Lot 8 Zorg En Vlyght, Essequibo Coast, has been arraigned before Magistrate Sam on Monday on a
charge alleging he had raped a woman between May 31, 2022 and June 7, 2022.
This accused was also not required to enter a plea, and
has also been placed on $150,000 bail. Like Reynolds, Singh has also been ordered to stay 100 feet away from the VC, and not to make any contact with her or her family. This case has also been adjourned until September 29.
Both men face the prospect of imprisonment for life, the maximum sentence if convicted of rape. (G1)