A car­pen­ter, 39, has been charged with sex­u­al of­fences against a fe­male mi­nor.

He ap­peared be­fore a Princes Town Mag­is­trate and was grant­ed bail for $250,000 with a sure­ty.

Ac­cord­ing to this press re­lease, the ac­cused was or­dered to stay 300 feet away from the vic­tim and can­not vis­it her home or school.

He has al­so been or­dered to re­port to the Princes Town Po­lice Sta­tion two days per week.

The ac­cused was charged with one count of sex­u­al pen­e­tra­tion and one count of en­gag­ing in sex­u­al ac­tiv­i­ty in the pres­ence of a child, when he ap­peared be­fore Mag­is­trate In­di­ra Misir-Go­sine, on Tues­day.

He is to reap­pear in court on Ju­ly 19.

It is al­leged that the girl was at her home on June 16, 2022, when a man as­sault­ed her and en­gaged in a sex­u­al act in her pres­ence.

A re­port was made to the po­lice on the next day and a sus­pect was held in con­nec­tion with the in­ci­dent.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions were su­per­vised by W/Supt. Claire Guy-Al­leyne, W/ASP Theodore-Per­sad and In­sp. (Ag.) Seecha­ran, all of the Child Pro­tec­tion Unit (CPU).

The ac­cused was charged on June 17, 2022 by Cpl (Ag.) Sin­clair, al­so of the CPU, South­ern Di­vi­sion.