BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The illegal sexual activity case in opposition to the the previous deputy speaker of Parliament in Barbados, Neil Rowe, will start on March 25.
Rowe, 45, has been charged with having illegal sexual activity with a feminine with out her consent, or was reckless as as to if she consented, on September 18, 2022.
He appeared within the Supreme Courtroom on Tuesday, the place he was knowledgeable that the trial can be adjourned to the alternate date of March 25 as a result of the prosecutor within the matter, Principal State Counsel Olivia Davis, and the court docket are each engaged in trials.
Rowe, who was not required to plead to the indictable fees on his earlier court docket look, was in 2024 stripped of his postion as deputy speaker , with Ptime MInister Mia Mottley saying the transfer will permit him to take care of a matter he faces earlier than the Excessive Courtroom.
Mottley stated that the choice removes Parliament from being embroiled within the non-public problems with a member.
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