NASSAU- A man accused of sexually abusing his girlfriend’s three-year-old son has been acquitted.
By a vote of 8 -1, the jury found Colyn Algreen not guilty of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor of the same sex.
Prosecutors alleged that Algreen, 29, molested the toddler while he was in his care on November 30, 2019.
The mother testified that she allowed her son to accompany Algreen to a nearby food truck on the day in question. She stayed home because she wasn’t feeling well.
The woman accused Algreen of molesting her child after she noticed injuries to his anus when he returned home. The woman said she found a bloodstain in her son’s underwear as well as traces of feces.
Algreen told her that the boy had fallen on a seatbelt in his car when he suddenly pressed brakes.
Algreen did not testify at his trial before Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson and he called no witnesses.
His lawyer, Miranda Adderley, told the jury that there was insufficient evidence to convict as there was no physical evidence to prove Algreen molested the child.
She said he voluntarily provided DNA samples to police, which showed he had nothing to hide.
Eucal Bonaby prosecuted.
