A woman who accused her lover, a licensed firearm holder, of raping and assaulting her at gun-point collapsed this week in the witness box.

The court was forced to grant a short adjournment to allow the woman to compose herself.

The complainant who is a 34-year-old teacher, broke down in tears during her testimony on Wednesday before collapsing.

Raping her at gun-point

She had accused former detective sergeant of police 42-year-Glenford Buckle of raping her at gun-point. Buckle was accused of the offence a year after he resigned from the police force.

Buckle was freed yesterday after Miss Justice Ingrid Mangatal upheld a no case submission from defence lawyers Tom Tavares Finson and Peter Champagnie. The lawyers submitted that Buckle should be freed because there were too many discrepancies and inconsistencies in the Crown's case.

The woman had testified that on August 5 last year Buckle took her to a house in Belvedere, St Andrew, where he pointed a gun at her and threatened to kill her. He raped her and hit her several times across her back with a belt which had studs on it. She said it was the first time she had been to that house.

Her consent

She reported the matter to the police the next day and Buckle was arrested and charged. Buckle told the police that he had sexual intercourse with the complainant but it was with her consent.

Cross-examined, the complainant admitted that she had sexual intercourse with Buckles several times before the day of the incident. She said she did not remember telling Buckles "no" during the act of sexual intercourse on August 8 last year.

The complainant denied giving a statement to the police that she had been to the house at Belvedere before the night of the incident. The statement was submitted in court and read to the complainant.