Man Charged with Sex Crime

After 20 years a St. John resident has been slapped with a charge of defilement of a female.

Brandon Williams, now 38 years, Plumber, of Lower Depradine Street, Gouyave was charged with the alleged crime after the victim who was under 13 at the time filed a criminal complaint at the Gouyave Police Station in December 2017. The incidents are reported to have occurred between 1997 and 1999.

Williams who was charged on January 21^st 2018 was granted bail with one surety and is due to appear before the Gouyave Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday 27^th February, 2018.

This is the first time police investigators have brought a charge against an individual after such lengthy period of time.