Grandfather, 77, among 5 men on sex charges against girls

A 77-year-old grandfather was expected to appear before a Port-of-Spain magistrate on Monday charged with one count of sexual penetration of an eight-year-old girl.

Officers from the North-Eastern Child Protection Unit (CPU) arrested him on Saturday, a release from the police said on Monday.

He and four other men, including another grandfather, were expected to face Sangre Grande, Port of Spain and Scarborough magistrates on various sexual assault charges against female minors.

The girl reported that while she was having a shower, her grandfather came into the bathroom and sexually assaulted her. Acting W/Cpl Williams led enquiries and later arrested and charged him.

The other grandfather, 59, was charged with eight counts of sexual touching of his 11-year-old granddaughter. The girl’s uncle, 35, was also charged with one count of sexual penetration of a minor.

A male relative of the girl reported to Northern Division CPU officers that, while passing by a bedroom window, he saw his brother sexually abusing their niece.

WPC Alleyne launched an investigation and later unearthed that the victim’s grandfather had also allegedly been abusing her since 2016. Police arrested the two on Friday and they were to face a Sangre Grande magistrate.

North-Eastern CPU Police also charged a 22-year-old man with two counts of sexual penetration of a minor, 17, as well as one count of false imprisonment and one count of choking.

Police said while at his home, an argument ensued which ended in a physical confrontation. The victim reported that she attempted to leave. But he prevented her by choking and forcibly having sex with her. WPC Ashby laid the charges. He too was expected to face a Port of Spain magistrate.

In Tobago, CPU officers charged a 28-year-old man with the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl. The victim reported that the accused came to her house and took her to the Bloody Bay Lookout where he assaulted her in March.

WPC Jackson later arrested and charged the suspect for one count of sexual penetration of a minor was expected to face a Scarborough magistrate.

W/Supt (Ag) George, ASP Nowbutt, spearheaded all investigations which were supervised by Insps Baptiste and Davidson and Sgt Miller.

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