A young Rupununi farmer was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with raping an 11-year-old schoolgirl.
Vladimir Lawrence, 20, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court One, where the charge was read to him.
The charge states that between December 4th and December 6th, 2019, at Yupukari Village, North Rupununi, Lawrence engaged in sexual activity with a child under the age of 16.