“Otiesha” to face Judge, jury for sex offence charge

At the end of a preliminary enquiry held by Georgetown Magistrate Fabayo Azore, 40-year-old transgender Otis “Otiesha” Pearson of Lot 61 Station Street, Kitty Georgetown was on Friday committed to stand trial in the High Court for engaging in sexual activities with a child under the age of 16 years.
Pearson was charged for the offence in March of this year, and was placed on $300,000 bail. During the trial, the court heard that on December 4, 2017, while at Station Street, Kitty, Pearson allowed the minor to preform sexual activities on him.
He was arrested by Police on March 6, 2018 after the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) had closed its investigation into the alleged rape of the child in February 2018.
According to CCPA Head, Ann Greene, the agency had gathered statements from a number of persons, including the child in the middle of the controversy.
This incident came to light when Pearson was released from custody after being implicated in the murder of Hemchand Dalchand, also called “Rakesh,” of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD), whose body was discovered in the vicinity of Oleander Gardens, ECD. A pair of slippers and a piece of clothing belonging to the late Dalchand were also found along the East Coast sea walls. This drew some suspicions by the Police, and since Pearson was reportedly the last person seen talking with the deceased young man, he was arrested.
He refuted claims of being involved in the murder, and in attempting to profess his innocence, appeared on national television and made certain comments, one being that he had “a little boy” for every day of the week. After the television programme was aired, he was bashed on social media for the comment, which he quickly defended by explaining that the term “little boy” was taken out of context. The statement soon became a serious matter when a photo of Pearson hugging a lad was leaked on Facebook.
Investigations later revealed that the lad was indeed below the age of 16, and was also indeed being bullied. A birth certificate presented proved that the lad was indeed underage.