A 46 year old father has been charged with five sexual offences against his daughter which allegedly occurred during a four year period. He was remanded into custody after appearing before a Siparia Magistrate charged yesterday.
The accused, who can apply for bail in Judge’s chamber, will reappear before the court on June 7th, 2022. He was arrested and charged on May 9th, by Cpl (Ag.) Fairley of the South-Western Division Child Protection Unit (CPU) with three counts of sexual penetration and one count of common assault and cruelty to a child respectively.
According to police reports in February 2021, t he child's mother told CPU detectives that during the period 2017-2021, the girl was allegedly subjected to sexual acts by her father. The girl told police that she was made to have sexual intercourse against her will. Following further enquires, the suspect was charged with the five offences.
