A 38-year-old minibus conductor was, on Monday, freed of a rape charge by the Sexual Offences Court of the Demerara High Court, after the jury returned a not-guilty verdict.

Dexter McIntosh was on trial before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow for allegedly engaging in sexual activity with a 12-year-old girl on January 1, 2015, in the county of Demerara.
The jury, after deliberating for almost two hours, found McIntosh not guilty of rape. The State’s case was presented by prosecutors Nafeeza Baig and Sarah Martin. He was represented by attorney-at-law George Thomas.

Madam Justice Barlow told McIntosh to consider it a second chance and that he must use the opportunity to avoid finding himself in similar situations and before the court.
In 2020, McIntosh was first indicted before Justice Barlow for the offence, but the jury was unable to arrive at a verdict. Justice Barlow had ordered that McIntosh be retried for the offence.