TWO seven-year-old girls were allegedly sexually touched by a 58-year-old fisherman.
The fisherman was granted $200,000 bail by a Port-of-Spain Magistrate on Monday after pleading not guilty to two counts of sexual touching, police reported on Tuesday.
The man, who resides in Diego Martin, was charged with the offences by WPCs Bentick-George and Johnson-Eccles of the Western Division Child Protection Unit (CPU) on Sunday in connection with two separate reports.
In the first instance, it was reported to police that one girl, while at the home of the accused on March 1 was allegedly touched on her private part by her neighbour. In the second incident, police were told by another girl, while at a bedroom at her grandmother’s house, sometime during the period February 28 and March 5, 2019, her uncle allegedly touched her private part.
Investigations launched by CPU detectives resulted in the arrest of the suspect who was later charged with the offences. His arrest was aided by members of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), headed by Snr Supt Oswain Subero and officers attached to the Western Division Task Force. The investigations were headed by acting Sup Claire Guy-Alleyne, ASP Roberts, Insp Aroon and acting Sgt James of the CPU.
The accused is expected to reappear before the court on April 6.
