A 54-YEAR-OLD man who allegedly paid $250 to a 15-year-old girl for sexual services has been charged.
Elias Monroe aka Learie, of Bourg Mulatresse, San Juan, appeared in the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Court on March 17, police reported on Friday.
He was charged with the offence by PC Castle of the North-Eastern Division Child Protection Unit (CPU) on March 16 after being arrested the same day.
He was arrested following investigations of a report made to the CPU in March 2019 by the teenager that a man allegedly paid her to stay home from school and to have sex with him.
The man allegedly gave the girl $250. A report was subsequently made to police who immediately initiated an investigation and later charged Monroe with one count of paying for sexual services of a child. Enquiries were headed by acting Insp Davidson and Cpl Peters-Wilson of the CPU.
The matter was adjourned to April 15.
