Two men, ages 41 and 43, appeared before a San Fernando and Siparia Magistrate yesterday charged with sexually touching and penetrating their three nieces.
Police said in the first matter, at the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court, an unemployed 41-year-old man, of Diamond Village, San Fernando, was denied bail, after being charged with two counts of sexual touching and one count of sexual penetration of his 12-year-old niece.
In the second matter at the Siparia Magistrates’ Court, a self-employed 43-year-old man was granted $350,000 bail after being charged with two counts of sexual touching and one count of sexual penetration of his 12 and 14-year-old nieces.
In an unrelated matter, a 23-year-old maxi taxi conductor Jaquan Edwards was granted $150,000 bail by a Port-of-Spain Magistrate yesterday day, after being charged with the sexual penetration of a 13-year-old girl.
And in another incident, 57-year-old PH taxi driver Yamandeo Harrypersad was ordered to pay $15,000 to a 14-year-old girl after pleading guilty to sexually touching her while she travelled in his taxi.