2 charged for assaulting teen girls

In the first incident, a 13-year-old standard Five student of a primary school in East Trinidad reported to her 70-yearold grandfather that on January 23, she boarded a PH taxi to take her to school.

On nearing the school, the driver whom she usually travelled with began fondling her legs. A report was made to the Valencia Police and WPC Brooks arrested the suspect and took him to the Valencia Police Station. On Sunday the man was charged with two counts of sexual touching.

In another incident, a 30-yearold Mayaro man who was found in an abandoned house having sexual intercourse with a 13-yearold school girl was charged with two counts of sexual penetration.

Last week Wednesday, police received a tip-off that a man was seen entering the abandoned house in the Rio Claro area with a girl dressed in school uniform.

When officers responded to the report they found the two engaging in sexual intercourse. The man was detained and the school girl was medically examined by the District Medical Officer.