KARL Robinson was, on Monday, freed of a rape charge by the Sexual Offences Court of the Suddie High Court after a jury returned a not-guilty verdict.

Robinson, 30, was on trial before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow for the offence which alleged that on March 25, 2017, at Imbaimadai, Upper Mazaruni River, he engaged in sexual penetration with a 10-year-old girl.

The jury, after deliberating for almost two hours, found Robinson not guilty.

The state was represented by prosecutor Tiffini Lyken.