Woman imprisoned for fabricating rape incident

By Terresa  McCall
Reporter-SKNVibes.com

~~Adz:Right~~ GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – THE sentence handed down by a judge at the Grand Court in the Cayman Islands to a woman who fabricated a rape incident, may seem to serve as a deterrent to others who may have entertained thoughts of doing the same.

According to information published by the Caymanian Compass, a man was arrested and spent time in custody because of a report Yolanda Frederick made to the police.

The media house further reported that Frederick pleaded guilty to “defeating the course of justice by reporting that she had been raped”.

The Crown’s case, according to the Caymanian Compass, was that “Frederick gave a five-page, detailed statement to a police officer and signed it. In it, she said she and a friend were out in George Town around 2:00 a.m. They got a ride from a man who took the friend home first. That was in West Bay. On the way back, she said, he raped her in a vacant building off West Bay Road after pulling her out of the vehicle. He pushed her up the stairs and told her to take off her clothes. He held a knife to her throat. She said after he raped her, she told him she was going to report him to the police and he ran off.”

The Compass’ account further explained that the Crown also noted after Frederick gave a statement to the police, she accompanied police officers to the scene of the alleged rape which was waste of resources.

After the accused was arrested and placed in custody, Frederick reportedly visited the police station and informed that she had fabricated the incident.

In passing judgment, the presiding Judge, Justice Quin, informed that, among other things, he is taking into account “a social inquiry report of Frederick’s personal difficulties and a letter of apology she had written”, the Compass reports. He also considered the fact that Frederick wasted the court’s and the police’s time.

The media house reported Justice Quin as expressing he believed that in making the false report, Frederick knew what she was doing.

The Compass also reported that the Judge said Frederick’s academic achievement showed she was a bright girl and, “You knew what you were doing.”

“Not only was rape a serious allegation to make,” the Compass said, “she had introduced the knife aspect to make it violent. As a result an innocent man had been arrested and processed.”

The 21-year-old was sentenced to serve 12 months in jail.