Benjamin v The State

• Jurisdiction: Trinidad & Tobago
• Court: Court of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Judge: de la Bastide, C.J.,Hosein, J.A.,Jones, J.A.
• Judgment Date: 27 March 1998
• Neutral Citation: TT 1998 CA 20
• Docket Number: Cr. App. No. 80 of 1995
• Date: 27 March 1998

Court of Appeal

de la Bastide, C.J. Hosein, J.A. Jones, J.A.

Cr. App. No. 80 of 1995

Benjamin

and

The State

Criminal law - Rape — Appeal against conviction of having sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 14 years and of committing an act of serious indecency on a girl under 16 years — Court found verdict on first offence unsafe as the substantive evidence of penetration only came in cross-examination — Court found certain statements made by...