Devon McFarlane, who was on trial for raping a woman at Bare Root, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday freed after a jury returned a majority not guilty verdict in the court of Justice Roxane George.
Hours after the case was handed over to the jury for deliberation, the court was told that 11 of the 12 jury members believed McFarlane, called ‘Kang,’ to be innocent of the crime.
Upon releasing McFarlane, Justice George told him that he