A 73-year-old business man was granted bail in the sum of $500,000, with a surety of $50,000, when he appeared at the Port-of-Spain North A High Court on 15th August, 2024.
The accused, charged with three counts of Sexual Penetration, appeared before Magistrate Margaret Sookraj-Goswami, who ordered that the man shall not communicate either directly or indirectly with the victim. As part of the bail conditions, the accused was also ordered to report to a specific police station once per week, between 6 am and 6 pm.
The matter was adjourned to 29th October 2024.
According to police reports, on three occasions on unknown dates during the period 27th March 2024 and 30th April 2024, a landlord allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old tenant at her home.
A report was made to the police on 18th July 2024; officers of the Special Victims Department investigated the matter and a man was arrested in connection with the report on 14th August 2024.
The investigation was supervised by W/Insp Ag Jacob.