Jury Convicts Man Of Rape. Man Says He Is Innocent, Was Drugged & Paid $300 For Consensual Sex
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By Alric Lindsay
Today, June 26, 2026, a Grand Court jury found Adrian George Gordon guilty of rape and assault occasioning actual bodily harm following a trial. He was remanded into custody until his sentencing date in October 2026.
Crown Counsel from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ben Brown, set out the prosecution’s case. He said that Gordon met a woman at a bar in George Town, gave her a ride home, and things took a negative turn.
Explaining the situation in her own words, the woman reportedly said:
He offered to carry me home, so I said okay and I got in his car and he carried me home. He then came by my door and asked for water, so I said okay I will get it, and then he grabbed my hair and told me how he likes how I look and that I am sexy and that he wants to f**k me. But I told him no, he then pulled me to the ground and started to punch me in my face, and then he put me on the bed and started to choke me, and then we had sex but I never gave him permission.
Reportedly, the victim was found wrapped in a bedsheet, distressed and injured. She had bruises to her face, neck, arms, legs, hands, thighs and breasts, together with a burst lip and nose.
Gordon was arrested at the scene. He was found in possession of two mobile phones and a wallet containing his Cayman Islands learner driver’s licence. He was taken to hospital where forensic swabs were obtained. He refused to provide a blood specimen for testing despite later suggesting he may have been drugged.
In his police interview, Gordon claimed he had paid a woman $300 for sex at the bar and said he had $3,000 in his possession that night. However, there were parts of the night he could not recall and there was no sign of the $3,000.
In his closing remarks, DPP Crown Counsel emphasised that the victim’s first account to police— given in the immediate aftermath — was consistent with the evidence she gave from the witness box over two days. She had made it abundantly clear she did not consent. She fought, begged him to stop, and insisted on a condom. He put one on and then ripped it off. She submitted only out of fear.
DPP Crown Counsel said the position was clear:
if a person submits/gives in to have sex by threats of force, by use of force, by threats or intimidation of any kind, or by fear of bodily harm – that is not consent.
On Gordon’s behaviour afterwards, the prosecutor highlighted his comments to police: he remembered the sex was “good,” that “one thing mi cannot forget, her pum pum fat,” asked about his car, and said he was ready to return to Jamaica. There was no expression of concern for the victim— only for himself.
DPP Crown Counsel added:
The selective memory is very convenient. He can remember exchanging cash in the club for sex, he can remember, having $3000 on him, he can remember her pum pum being fat, he can remember the sex was good, but the important bits – the rape, the violence – those are conveniently absent from his memory.
DPP Crown Counsel continued:
Ladies and Gentlemen – only two people know what happened in that apartment. One has given a clear, consistent, corroborated account supported by eyewitness testimony, CCTV, medical evidence, and an immediate complaint to police. The other claims convenient memory loss and has refused to testify.
DPP Crown Counsel concluded by asking the jury to return guilty verdicts on rape and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Following submissions by counsels, Justice Richards summed up the case, directing the jury on the law and reminding them that they were the sole judges of the facts.
The jury was directed to consider the whole of the evidence and to be sure of guilt before convicting on either count.
Verdicts
After retiring, the jury returned their verdicts: guilty of rape by a majority of 5 to 2 and guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm by a unanimous verdict.
Gordon was remanded in custody until his October sentencing date.
