Accused sex offender denied bail

UPDATE:

A 21-year-old Arima man yesterday appeared before a Port of Spain magistrate charged with kidnapping and buggering two boys in Port of Spain and Arima in the space of three weeks in April.

Josiah Kyle Nicholas, 21, an auto mechanic, was denied bail when he appeared before magistrate Adia Mohammed in the Port of Spain Seventh Court, where the charges were read to him.

The courtroom was cleared for Nicholas’s appearance, as is usual in matters involving sexual offences.

He was denied bail on all the charges of common assault, robbery with aggravation, kidnapping, false imprisonment, sexual touching and the buggery of a 12-year-old boy on April 28.

Nicholas, who was represented by attorneys Shiva Boodoo and Roshni Balkaran, was also alleged to have driven without a driver’s permit or insurance and being in possession of a firearm on April 28, at Gordon Street, Port of Spain.

He was granted bail on the traffic offences only.

The court was told Nicholas has a pending charge of robbery with aggravation dating to 2012. He will reappear in court today, when details of the outcome of the matter will be made available to the magistrate.

Charges relating to the grievous sexual assault, kidnapping, robbery with aggravation, and buggery involving a boy in Arima on April 8 were also read to him. He was denied bail and is to appear in the Arima Magistrates Court on Wednesday on these charges.

According to reports, a 12 year-old boy was on his way to lessons in Port of Spain and was walking along Gordon Street when he was forced into an SUV, driven away and sexually assaulted. The boy was later released at Lady Young Road, Morvant.

ORIGINAL STORY

Joseph Kyle Nicholas, 21, has been denied bail on a number of charges including kidnapping and buggering two boys in Port of Spain and Arima in April.

Nicholas, an auto mechanic of Arima, appeared in the Port of Spain Seventh Court before Magistrate Adia Mohammed, where the charges, which alleged took place in Port of Spain and Arima, were read out to him.

The courtroom was cleared for Nicholas’ appearance as is usually the case in matters involving sexual offences.

He was denied bail on all the charges.