Bradley Roberts will not be chargd for rape, the Attorney General’s office has confirmed.
According to Attorney General Alfred Sears, the 47-year-old woman who accused the Minister of Works and Utilities of raping her in ner own home on December 4 in Nassau withdrew all allegations against him yesterday.
A press statement issued by the Attorney General’s office last night said the complainant, accompanied by her lawyer Anthony McKinney, presented officials in the office with a letter withdrawing her complaint in “clear and unequivocal terms”.
In the letter she stated: “My decision to withdraw my allegation is not based or due to any payment made to me or any offer to pay me in the future. My decision is made of my own free will without any pressure, duress, or influence.”
She was interviewed by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Deputy Directorof Public Prosecutions who stated in the release that they were both satisfied that the complainant was making a voluntary withdrawal of the rape allegation against Mr. Roberts.
Wallace Rolle, the attorney who until yesterday had been representing the complainant, told The Tribune he was unaware of the withdrawal of the allegation.
Source: Kilah Rolle, The Tribune
