Ex-Political candidate in Bahamas convicted of molesting underage boy

August 08, 2025

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC -A 51-year-old former candidate of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) will return to court on October 2 for sentencing after he was found guilty of molesting an underage boy.

The nine-member jury, including three men, unanimously found Marlin Newton guilty after the prosecution had alleged that he took advantage of a 17-year-old boy, who needed a place to stay on two occasions in 2019.

Newton showed no emotion after the jury had returned the guilty verdict after deliberating for an hour.

Newton, who was on bail during his trial, has since been remanded to prison.

The prosecution said that on the first occasion when he molested the underage boy, occurred in April 2019 when the boy was kicked out of his home by his mother and her boyfriend.

He testified that he and Newton had consensual sex after he moved in. However, the now 23-year-old testified that he moved out because Newton wanted him to trade sexual favours for his board.

However, the teen found himself homeless again in August 2019 after an argument with a roommate, and unable to call on his family, the teenager called Newton, who picked him up.

The witness said on that occasion Newton raped him.

In a video recorded police confrontation, Newton claimed that he and his accuser had consensual sex. But when he testified in court, Newton said police had manipulated the video to make it seem that he said that he had sex with his accuser.

Newton denied ever being intimate with the teen.

In her summation, Justice Guillimina Archer-Minns told jurors that the complainant could not legally consent because he was under the age of 18.

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