And while Harris' appeal was dismissed, 21 year-old Isaac Chan will get a new rape trial in the next session of the Supreme Court.
He was convicted and sentenced to 8 years where he allegedly assaulted a 16 year-old female minor on September 17, 2010. According to the victim, she got a lift from Chan while Honey Camp Road in Orange Walk. According to her, instead of taking her home, he took her to a separate area and raped her.
He was convicted in the Northern Session of the Supreme Court on May 9, 2012, but his attorney Anthony Sylvester presented the Appeal Court with 4 grounds of jury misdirection by the trial judge.
After hearing the response by the Director of Public Prosecutions, the panel of Judges ruled that the appeal is allowed, and Chan should be given a retrial in the next available sitting of the Supreme Court.
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