Bryan back in court for Portland rap in June

Alleged rapist and abductor Davian Bryan was remanded Wednesday when he appeared in the Home Circuit Court.

The matter was transferred to the Portland Circuit Court for mention on June 8.

Bryan was recently arrested and charged after eluding the police for five months after he allegedly accosted two girls in St Thomas and was charged with forcible abduction and forcible imprisonment.

The charges stemmed from Bryan’s alleged abduction of nine- and 13-year-old girls in Bath, St Thomas, in October 2021, which had sparked a manhunt and national outrage.

He is to appear before the St Thomas Parish Court in Yallahs on Friday in relation to that matter.

Bryan, 32, who was listed as Portland’s most wanted man in early March after failing to appear before the Portland Circuit Court on February 17 on charges of rape and illegal possession of firearm, will also answer to new charges of rape, forcible abduction, and grievous sexual assault.

The new charges arose from a March 10 incident where a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted.

It is being alleged that Bryan abducted the woman while she was walking along a roadway and pulled her into bushes, where he assaulted and raped her.

He was also charged with wounding with intent in relation to a March 9 incident in which he allegedly grabbed a woman and pulled her into a gully in Durham, Portland.

She reportedly sustained injuries to the face.