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Minister’s son alleged assault of ex-girlfriend … File for legal advice this week

Jul 08, 2013 News

– Acting Comm. Brumell

 

Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell yesterday said that investigators had to clear up certain aspects concerning the Robeson Benn Jr. assault matter, before they dispatch the file to the Director of Public Prosecution this week for legal advice.
Brumell had earlier stated that the force was ensuring that ranks carry out a meticulous probe.
Benn Jr has been accused of violently assaulting his 27 year old ex- girlfriend at her apartment in the wee hours of June 23, 2013. He has since been released on bail after being taken into police custody last week.
Kaieteur News was told that the young man has also given a statement to the police in which he claims that he was invited into the home by the young woman.
It is unclear what he has said in regard to the injuries the woman sustained. Kaieteur News had visited the woman hours after the alleged incident and it was observed that her face was swollen, her eyes were bloodshot and she was crying out for pain in her head.
The police have received a detailed statement from the woman who alleged she was violently beaten and raped by the young man.
The woman had given her statement to the police in the presence of attorney Nigel Hughes. She was also examined by a doctor who has since forwarded his report to the police.
The woman said that she was in bed when she heard a knock on the door around 04:00 hours on June 23rd last. She said that she was expecting a relative who was spending time with her, so she opened the door, only to be confronted by her ex-boyfriend. The woman said she immediately tried to shut the door but the younger Benn forced his way in.
She said that after she kept insisting that he leave, Benn became annoyed and began punching her to her face and about the body, leaving her entire face swollen and her upper body badly bruised.
Things escalated and he allegedly sexually assaulted her. The woman estimated that her ordeal lasted about 20 minutes before her ex-boyfriend left.
She claimed that during the ordeal, Benn was brandishing a gun. But in his statement to the police, Robeson Benn Jr denied that any gun was involved.
The woman said that after the attack, she contacted close friends who took her to the Alberttown Police Station.

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