A 12-member jury was empaneled on Wednesday for a welder to face trial for sexually penetrating an underage girl. It is alleged that on April 30, 2020, while in Berbice, 37-year-old Robert Campbell engaged in sexual penetration with a child who was 12 years old at the time. Campbell, who resides at Murphy Dam, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared in the Berbice High Court before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall. Attorney-at-law Marisa Edwards, representing the State, indicated that eight witnesses, including one police officer and a doctor, will testify during the trial. A 12-member jury has been selected to consider the evidence and decide whether Campbell is guilty or not. Campbell who is out on bail is being represented by Kevin Morgan from the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic.
