Almost two years after he was acquitted of a rape charge by a jury, 27-year-old minibus driver and former Policeman, Waylon Jordan is back in court again for the same offence.
The Lot 15 Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) man is now charged with the offence of rape of a child under 16, contrary to Section 10 (3) of the Sexual Offences Act. He is accused of committing the crime in February at Grove Public Road.
When the accused appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Diamond-Golden Grove Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday, he was not required to plead to the indictable charge. Bail was granted to him in the sum of $500,000, and the matter was adjourned until June 1.
Police have not revealed the gender of the Virtual Complainant nor further details of the matter.
In September 2021, Jordan, who had been enlisted in the Guyana Police Force (GPF), walked out of the Sexual Offences Court a free man after a jury acquitted him of a rape charge.
The jury returned a majority not-guilty verdict of 11-1, finding Jordan not guilty of sexually penetrating a 17-year-old girl without her consent on April 26, 2019.
The prosecution had contended that on the night in question, the teen had boarded a heavily tinted hire car driven by Jordan, with whom she had travelled in the past.
When all of the other passengers had disembarked the car, instead of taking the Virtual Complainant to her destination, Jordan allegedly locked the doors and drove to a deserted area. While there, he allegedly raped the teen in the vehicle’s back seat. Jordan’s defence was that he did not commit the crime.
