RBDF Sub Lieutenant Renaldo Wilkinson of the RBDF charged with rape of a fellow marine on Inagua.
NASSAU| Sub Lieutenant Renaldo Wilkinson appeared before a magistrate today charged with the rape of a marine, who worked as his subordinate.
Prosecutors allege that Wilkinson, 35, raped the 32-year-old woman at the Royal Bahamas Defence Force base on Inagua on February 5.
Wilkinson served as the the first lieutenant on the base.
He’s been relieved of his duties pending the outcome of the case and his alleged victim is undergoing counseling.
Wilkinson was not required to enter a plea to the rape charge when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt.
RBDF officer charged with rape
A 35-year-old Royal Bahamas Defence Force Officer has been charged with the rape of a woman marine.
Prosecutors say that Renaldo Wilkinson raped the 32-year-old woman at the RBDF base on Inagua on February 5.
Wilkinson was not required to enter a plea to the charge when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt Monday afternoon.
Wilkinson was denied bail. However, his lawyer Ryszard Humes said he had a pending bail application in the Supreme Court.
Wilkinson next appears before Ferguson-Pratt on April 14 to receive a voluntary bill of indictment that will fast-track the case to the Supreme Court.
Marine Seaman Cleon Lewis gives students from the Inagua All-Age School a lesson in music on January 2021. (RBDF PHOTO: LEADING MECHANIC ALONZO RUSSELL)
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) marines deployed to the southern Bahamas are providing technical classes to students on the island of Inagua, in keeping with Commodore Dr Raymond King’s strategic objective of strengthening relationships with stakeholders and the community at large.
Students from the Inagua All-Age School are given a tour aboard HMBS BAHAMAS in the engineer room section in January 2021. (RBDF PHOTO: MARINE SEAMAN CLEON LEWIS)
Led by Sub Lieutenant Renaldo Wilkinson, base first lieutenant for the RBDF Southern Command, the team of marines have been stepping up to the plate to teach classes at Inagua All-Age School.