Man IN COURT on rape charge

Thu, Jul 28th 2011, 11:00 PM

By LAMECH JOHNSON

A RESIDENT of Nassau and Dean Streets went before the Magistrate's Court facing a rape charge yesterday afternoon.

Douglas Edey, 26, appeared before Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans in Court 6, Parliament Street, to be charged with raping a woman on Monday, July 4.

The accused was on bail in connection with other matters when the incident is alleged to have occurred.

Edey was not required to enter a plea and was remanded to prison until his bail hearing on September 12.

By that time, the prosecution will make a decision on whether they wish to present a Voluntary Bill of Indictment transferring the case to the Supreme Court, or a preliminary inquiry to determine if eno ...

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