THINGS are indeed heating up in the Welshman versus Trotman rape and buggery matter. Temperature is at a giddying fever-pitch as Anthony Welshman has hired an attorney and is headed to court. It would be a messy and embarrassing experience for Trotman and crew, something that lawyer Manickchand quite rightly advised the accused of. But he is sticking to his guns in not meeting with the alleged victim half way; he is going to ride it out. Well, let us see where that stance would take him.

In the meantime, depraved souls the likes of  Benschop has joined the fray. He is on board trying to convince the victim to back away from his claims. He has been interacting with Welshman on a level that has made him very suspect in this whole affair. Instead of speaking to the accused and to work out a settlement he tried the other route of bribing the victim into silence, while coaching him into implicating the PPP/C administration as the ones behind this rape and buggery allegation. It boils down to a situation of name and shame the government, they are the ones responsible. Apparently this backfired on Benschop, because his “hush money” game did not work, instead he is the one in the hot spot exposed for all he’s worth in a wicked and malicious plot. All of this is going to come out in court shortly.
May I pause here to ask the question isn’t Benschop a social activist, one who should be championing the rights of the child? Instead of doing what he claims to be, he is in direct association with the accused. Not only is he in collusion but he is also concocting a wicked and malicious story implicating the government in this mess. These are all serious offences that cannot be taken lightly. But such is the lives and times of perverted people. It has been an awfully long time since I’ve seen so many people embroiled in a “madman’s story.” It must have been an interesting episode to attract so many actors.
Again, I would wish to inform Trotman about a similar situation here between the Speaker of the St Lucian parliament when allegations of rape and buggery was brought against him. In that case his own brother-in-law was the accuser. As soon as word got out into the open the speaker quietly and quickly resigned his post and the dust soon settled. Trotman needs to do the same. If he thinks the PPP/C would sit and allow him to hold office then he is utterly mistaken. You cannot have it both ways

NEIL ADAMS