THREE youths accused of gang rape have each been placed on $250,000 bail with specific conditions when they appeared before New Amsterdam Magistrate Alex Moore on Monday.

The young men are required to lodge their respective travel documents and report to the Albion Police Station every Tuesday and Saturday until the determination of the case.

Unrepresented and unable to post bail, they were remanded to prison.
Particulars of the charge stated on October 23 at Albion, Corentyne, they sexually penetrated a female without her consent.

At Monday’s hearing, the alleged victim indicted to the court that she did not wish to proceed with the matter, but the magistrate advised the woman to write a statement, which would be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions, who would then advise on the way forward.

The case is fixed for hearing on December 12 at the Albion Magistrate’s Court, where the matter has been transferred.

Police Inspector Godfrey Playter said the incident occurred when the victim, in the company of the three defendants, left a night spot with the expectation that the young men would take her home. Instead of doing so, they took her to a house and committed the travesty. The female managed to escape, and in a semi-nude condition, flagged down a passing vehicle, whose driver took her to the Albion Police Station, where she made a report.