A DEMERARA Assizes jury yesterday found 35-year-old rape accused Neville Lyttle not guilty of committing rape on a 13-year-old girl.The girl had said that her assailant had repeated the acts several times between 2012 and 2013. Lyttle, who was represented by retired Judge, Mr. Jainarayan Singh, had pleaded innocent.

Defence counsel declared that although the girl claimed that the accused had repeated the offence several times between 2012 and 2013, she was unable to name a single date of any of the incidents.

According to the defence lawyer, the doctor’s report disclosed that the girl’s hymen was removed but apart from that there was no sign of bruises or injuries. The girl is now 16-years-old.