Finding that he did not have a fair trial, but in the same vein that the prosecution’s case against him appears strong, the Guyana Court of Appeal has ordered that rape accused, Julius Brunker, face a fresh trial.
This was the court’s ruling yesterday to an appeal Brunker had filed, in which he challenged both his conviction and 40-year sentence, arguing that the judge who conducted his trial did not do so fairly.
Allowing Brunker’s appeal, the appellate court found that indeed he had not been given a fair trial—as prejudicial evidence was led against him—and his defence of alibi had not been adequately put to the jury.