By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A 50-YEAR-OLD man broke down in tears yesterday after a jury unanimously acquitted him of sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter in 2024.
Anthony Bain bent over and cried in the prisoner’s dock after the nine-member jury returned a not guilty verdict on a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse following less than an hour of deliberation.
Still choking back tears, Bain thanked Justice Jeannine Weech-Gomez after she told him he was free to go.
Prosecutors alleged that Bain had sexual intercourse with the complainant while they were alone at a home on Williams Lane sometime between August 1 and August 25, 2024.
At the time, Bain lived with the complainant’s mother, who was his girlfriend, and her four children.
During the trial, the complainant testified that Bain removed her clothes near a bed before they both lay naked on it. After taking time to compose herself, she alleged that he then had intercourse with her.
Bain denied the allegation and testified that he was working on the day of the alleged incident.
He claimed the complainant fabricated the allegation because he disciplined her with a belt. Bain said he had never beaten her to cause harm and claimed other relatives had also disciplined or scolded her.
The court also heard that the complainant had attempted to run away from home before the allegation was made.
Danielle Kemp and Stanley Rolle represented Bain.
Valentino Bowe and Erica Ingraham prosecuted the case.
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