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Leon Riley has been found guilty for the second time of raping a teenage girl. He was initially convicted in 2019 after forcing himself on a 15-year-old girl near Pensioners Beach.<\/p>

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However, his conviction was overturned by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal in 2021 due to reliance on the common law rule of recent complaint, which had been abolished by Section 28 of the Sexual Offences Act.<\/p>\n

A retrial was ordered and, despite the defendant’s and his lawyer’s efforts, he was found guilty by seven out of eight jurors.<\/p>

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Leon Riley has been found guilty for the second time of raping a teenage girl. He was initially convicted in 2019 after forcing himself on a 15-year-old girl near Pensioners Beach. 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