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Cop among two charged for allegedly raping minor
Kaieteur News – A police officer is among two persons who were yesterday hauled before a City Magistrate for allegedly raping a minor.
The defendants, Michael Kendall, a Police constable and Eon Franklin, were not required to plead to the indictable charge, which alleges that on December 3, 2020, at Georgetown, they raped a child under the age of 16.
Kendall and Franklin appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Principal Magistrate, Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, who placed them on $300,000 bail each. The matter was then adjourned to May 25, 2021.
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