NASSAU- A challenge to the rape acquittal of a member of a prominent political has been delayed.
Prosecutors are appealing a judge’s decision to acquit Joseph Foulkes of the rape of a 13-year-old girl in 2012.
Foulkes, 55, is the son of former Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes and brother-in-law of Attorney General Carl Bethel.
He didn’t appear for his appeal this month since prosecutors failed to inform him of the date.
Court of Appeal President Sir Michael Barnett rescheduled the appeal for September 3.
The prosecution must tell Foulkes the new date and get his email address so that he can attend the Zoom hearing.
If he doesn’t appear, the matter will continue in his absence.
Prosecutors want the Court to reverse a judge’s decision to withdraw the case from the jury.
If the court agrees, Foulkes will face a third trial.
His alleged victim is now 20.
A judge sentenced Foulkes to 10 years’ imprisonment after a jury convicted him in 2015.
Foulkes won a retrial on appeal in 2018. He was given bail, pending the second trial.
The Court will assign a lawyer for Foulkes upon request. A court-appointed lawyer represented him at his retrial.
