ALLEGED prison rapist, Krishendat Seeram faces another charge after the previous case had been dismissed due to the prosecution’s failure to file the relevant statements within forty-five days, as required under the Sexual Offences Act.

However, at the New Amsterdam Magistrates Court on Monday, Sergeant Godfrey Playter, prosecuting, said he currently has in his possession all the statements, but sought adjournment to have opportunity to organise the file containing the various written testimonies.
Consequently, Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs Marcus adjourned the case for hearing on November 3.

Seeram, who was ordered to post $100,000 bail, is alleged to have raped a fellow inmate on June 25 last. The alleged victim, a 45-year-old male of the Amerindian Reservation of Orealla, had himself been remanded on a charge of attempted rape when the incident occurred behind the walls of the New Amsterdam Prison.

Police Sergeant Godfrey Playter, prosecuting, said the defendant, of Lot 341 Yakusari North, Black Bush Polder, had engaged in sexual penetration of the alleged victim without his consent on June 25, last.

According to reports, the complainant had reported the dastardly act to wardens of the prison after experiencing much discomfort.
The report was made a day after the act had allegedly been committed, as the complainant was ashamed to reveal the incident.

On June 25, the men were in the cell when another prisoner held the older man in a vice while the defendant, who is also facing a charge of robbery under arms, allegedly removed the older man’s pants and committed the unconsented act.

The victim was taken to the New Amsterdam hospital, where a medical practitioner confirmed that he had been sexually violated.

(By Jeune Bailey-Vankeric)