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A 36-year-old man who absconded his trial several days before the jury was set to deliberate was on Tuesday found unanimously guilty of raping a girl who has a disability.

Rondell Chappel, called ‘Devil’, a 36-year-old resident of Section “A” Sophia, Greater Georgetown, has been charged with the offence of engaging in sexual penetration of a child under the age of 16. He had been on trial for the offence at the Sexual Offences Court in Demerara before Justice Sandil Kissoon.

This publication understands that the man got away from his trial sometime last week, causing the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to issue a wanted bulletin for him.

Following deliberations on Tuesday, a mixed 12-member jury found Chappel unanimously guilty of the crime. He raped a 15-year-old girl between September 5 and 6, 2020.

Chappel was represented by Attorney-at-Law Ravindra Mohabir, while State Counsels Cecilia Corbin, Caressa Henry and Marisa Edwards prosecuted the matter.

According to the prosecution’s facts, the teen girl is a special needs child. Chappel broke into the girl’s home between the dates mentioned in the charge, while she was at home alone, held her at knifepoint, and then raped her. At the time of the incident, the girl’s mother was at work.

A sentencing hearing for the convicted child rapist has been set for December 16. Anyone who has information on the whereabouts of Chappel is asked to contact the Police on telephone numbers: 225-6940, 225-8196, 225-2317, 226-7476, 227-1149, or at the nearest Police Station.

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Lancé par le Président de la République le 8 septembre dernier, le Conseil National de la Refondation vise à trouver des solutions afin de répondre aux différents besoins des territoires.

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Shares in Everything Fresh dipped by double-digit amounts with heavy volumes on Wednesday’s session of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE).

Investors sold down Everything Fresh shares by 16 per cent with 10 million units trading hands. The volumes led the market with Wigton Windfarm shares in second place at 1.9 million units. Everything Fresh distributes fresh fruit and frozen foods to hotels mainly along the north of the island. Its shares generally trade in small volumes.

The trades on Wednesday were the third-largest daily volume in at least two years for the stock. The other two were another 10 million units earlier on November 11 and 11.8 million units on September 22. Looking at the market overall, on the winning side, JMMB Preference shares gained 14 per cent to close at $3.38 and Kingston Wharves gained 13 per cent to close at $34. The JSE Main Index declined by 2,865.97 points ( 0.85 per cent) to close at 335,632.44 points and the volume traded amounted to 6,016,425 valued at $56,503,511.88.

Meanwhile, the Junior Market Index declined by 21.45 points ( 0.56 per cent) to close at 3,797.82 points and the volume traded amounted to 14,142,422 valued at $24,762,456.41.

The JSE Combined Index declined by 2,871.67 points ( 0.82 per cent) to close at 347,960.41 points and the volume traded amounted to 20,158,847 valued at $81,265,968.29.

The JSE USD Equities Index advanced by 0.35 points ( 0.16 per cent) to close at 225.11 points and the volume traded amounted to 43,378 valued at $18,047.80.

Also on the day, JSE Cross Listed Index declined by 3.53 points ( 5.86 per cent) to close at 56.70 points and the volume traded amounted to 5,350 valued at $291,165.92.

The JSE Financial Index declined by 1.43 points ( 1.76 per cent) to close at 80.00 points and the volume traded amounted to 2,472,838 valued at $25,467,337.49.

The JSE Manufacturing & Distribution Index declined by 0.25 points ( 0.26 per cent) to close at 95.18 points and the volume traded amounted to 12,573,912 valued at $44,262,102.99. Overall market activity resulted from trading in 101 stocks of which 45 advanced, 42 declined and 14 traded firm.

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It has come to the attention of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs that there is information circulating on social media of an outbreak of sexually transmitted infections and the shortage of certain medication to treat some of these conditions.

To date, the Ministry of Health would like to inform the public that there is no documented outbreak of sexually transmitted infections in Saint Lucia. The Ministry will continue to monitor and evaluate the trend of sexually transmitted infections on the island.

At this time, the Ministry of Health is encouraging persons who believe they may have been exposed to a sexually transmitted infection to visit their nearest wellness center, the Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinics at the Vieux Fort Wellness Center and the Castries Wellness Center, or their private health care providers.

The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs would like to inform the public that medication to treat sexually transmitted infections is available in both the public and private sectors.

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Practice safe sex.

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For further information, please contact:

The Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinic at the Castries Wellness Center on the second floor, Monday to Friday at telephone numbers:

468-8886 or 468-8887

Or

The Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinic at the Vieux Fort Wellness Center on Tuesdays at telephone numbers:

468-7985 or 468-7986

SOURCE: Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs. Headline photo: Stock image

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