City Constable to stand High Court trial for rape of boy

Lance Corporal, Clifton Pellew, who is attached to the City Constabulary was today committed to stand trial in the High Court for the rape of a 16-year-old boy.

Pellew, following a paper committal before Senior Magistrate, Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, was released on $500,000 bail pending his hearing at the High Court for the indictable offence.

Particulars of the charge alleged that Pellew on August 15, 2017, at the City Constabulary Headquarters, Georgetown he engaged in sexual activity with a minor.

According to reports, the teen was arrested for loitering and taken into custody at the city Outpost. It is alleged that while the teen was in custody, he was ordered by Pellew to perform oral sex on him.