Police sergeant found guilty of raping 16-y-o student
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A police sergeant was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl when he appeared in the Home Circuit Court on Monday.
Sergeant Christopher Bennett, who worked at the Denham Town Police Station in the Kingston Western Division, is to be sentenced on September 4, 2023.
Sergeant Bennett was accused of abducting and raping the student on June 17, 2019 along the Palisadoes main road in East Kingston.
The abduction charges were discharged after no-case submissions. The trial was concluded last month.
Allegations are that the cop offered the complainant a ride from the police station and took her to the Palisadoes main road, where he had sex with her against her will.
The child later reported the matter to the police, and following investigations, Sergeant Bennett was arrested and charged.