Man, 42, held Charged for assaulting girl, 14

According to reports, the man invited the teen to his home and after several telephone conversations, she agreed to meet him.

On January 13, she asked relatives to take her to the Eric Williams Medical Complex to be treated for asthma, but after being warded there, she removed three louvres from the ward, made her way out of the hospital and was picked up by the man.

The girl later contacted relatives and told them she was all right and they should not look for her.

Relatives immediately filed a report with the police and the girl’s father, who lives in the United States, returned to Trinidad and began searching for her.

Last Sunday, the girl contacted her father and he coaxed her into believing that he had some money for her and she should visit him at Wallerfield to collect the money.

When the girl arrived at her father’s home, he told her to stay indoors and called the Valencia police, who nabbed the 42-yearold suspect who was waiting in his car, parked nearby. On Monday the schoolgirl was medically examined and tests revealed she was sexually active.

The man is expected to appear in the Sangre Grande Magistrates Court on Monday.