(Kaieteur News) – Krishna Tulapersaud, who had been accused of engaging in sexual activity with a child, was on Friday freed after one charge was dismissed for lack of evidence and a jury found him not guilty on the other.

The Plegt Anker, East Bank Berbice resident was retried before Justice Simone Morris at the Berbice High Court, where he pleaded not guilty to both indictments.

Tulapersaud was first tried and convicted in 2018, when he was sentenced to life imprisonment. However, the Court of Appeal later overturned the conviction and ordered a retrial.