Gabby’s rape trial set for January

The rape trial of calypso legend Dr Anthony The Mighty Gabby Carter has been adjourned to January 18, 2027, after his defence counsel requested an adjournment because he was engaged in another case.

Carter, of Clapham Park, St Michael, is charged with having sexual intercourse with a female without her consent, or being reckless as to whether she consented, between July 17, 2023, and September 8, 2023.

He arrived just after 9 a.m. on Monday at the Henry Forde and David Symmonds Complex on Coleridge Street, accompanied by attorney Lesley Cargil-Straker, who is representing the veteran entertainer alongside Senior Counsel Andrew Pilgrim. They were told proceedings would start slightly later because the prosecutor was engaged at the Court of Appeal.