By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A 50-YEAR-old man who told officers that he and a teenage boy were lovers was found guilty yesterday of unlawful sexual intercourse.
Marlin Newton, 50, stood in shocked silence as a nine-person jury found him unanimously guilty of two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old boy in August 2019.
Justice Guillimina Archer-Minns presided over the trial, which heard testimony from doctors and police officers involved in the investigation.
Among the witnesses was Assistant Superintendent Arnold Strachan who played footage of Newton saying that he and a 17-year-old boy were “lovers”.
The defendant was heard saying he took care of the complainant, cooked for him, and looked after his well-being.
Newton said the complainant lived with him for a week and a half alongside his eight-year-old son.
He told officers the pair had done things before in past, including kissing, and that the sex they had was consensual.
Dr Sheila Ferguson, who worked at the accident and emergency at PMH, during the time of the incident, testified she used a rape kit on the complainant the day after the alleged incident.
During her examination, she said she found an abrasion near the complainant’s anal area.
After yesterday’s verdict, Newton was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDOCS). He will return to court on October 2 for the presentation of his probation report.
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