A police officer has been remanded into custody after he appeared in a magistrate’s court charged with raping a 14-year-old girl.
The officer, Erwin Gentle,19, of Essequibo Coast, was arrested and was charged on Monday by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Gender-Based Violence Unit for rape of a child under 16 years old.
Gentle, who appeared at the Friendship Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Tameika Clarke, was not required to plead and was remanded to prison.
He will re-appear in court on October 27.