A taxi driver was granted $175,000 bail after he appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court yesterday on a charge of rape.
Thirty-year-old Kesto David of Heathburn, East Bank Berbice (EBB) was not required to plead when he appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus. It is alleged that on the 27th of March 2014, at Belle Vue Village, EBB he engaged in sexual penetration of a 15-year-old child.
David’s attorney, Michael Baird in his application for bail told the court that his client is not a flight risk and is married and has an 18-month-old child. Police Prosecutor Godfrey Playter did not object to bail but stated that if bail should be granted the accused should stay approximately 20 feet away from the complainant. Magistrate Isaacs-Marcus told the defendant that he should stay away from the complainant and he is required to visit the Central Police Station every fortnight.
