A Ja­maican na­tion­al has been charged with cru­el­ty to a child.

The 42-year-old was grant­ed $60,000 bail with a sure­ty when he ap­peared vir­tu­al­ly be­fore a Scar­bor­ough mag­is­trate on Mon­day charged with the of­fence.

The ac­cused, of Dutch Fort, Scar­bor­ough, To­ba­go, was grant­ed bail by Mag­is­trate Jo-Anne Con­nor.

He was charged on Sat­ur­day with one count of cru­el­ty to a child by WPC Trim of the To­ba­go Di­vi­sion of the Child Pro­tec­tion Unit (CPU).

The charge was laid af­ter Trim in­ves­ti­gat­ed a re­port made to the po­lice by a 12-year-old who re­port­ed that he was beat­en by a man.

The ac­cused was al­so or­dered to have no com­mu­ni­ca­tion with the child.

He will reap­pear be­fore the court on March 22.

The in­ves­ti­ga­tions were su­per­vised by act­ing Supt Claire GuyAl­leyne, Sgt Mil­lie and Cpl Clarke.