Taxi driver jailed for fondling young girl

Forty-one-year-old Rishi Seepersaud of Station Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was on Friday found guilty and sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for sexual assault by city Magistrate Sherdel Marcus-Isaacs when he made another appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Seepersaud was found guilty of the offence during a trial heard by Magistrate Marcus-Isaacs.
The accused had initially pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that on September 8, 2018, at McDoom Public Road, East Bank Demerara, he engaged in sexual activity with a child under the age of 16 years old.
Reports are that on the day in question, the minor was a backseat passenger in the defendant’s car when he stretched out his hand and touched her inappropriately.
The victim, after being dropped off at her home, related what had occurred to her parents who then reported the matter to the police.