Accused: I like them lil children

He appeared in court on a charge of indecent exposure in front of the Coffee Boys Anglican Primary School on Cooper Street at 11.15 am on Monday. Court prosecutor PC Cleyon Seedan said that PC Tidd and other officers were on mobile patrol on Cooper Street when they saw the accused fondling himself in front of the school.

PC Seedan said that when PC Tidd approached Julien, the latter quickly pulled up his pants. Told of the offence he had committed, the court heard, Julien told PC Tidd, “I like them lil children.” When the officer attempted to arrest him, Julien pulled away violently and ran.

Other officers pursued and he was held a short distance away.

Julien was taken to the San Fernando Police Station where he was charged with indecent exposure, resisting arrest and escaping lawful custody. Attorney Chantal Paul told Magistrate Antoine that her client has two children and is in a common- law relationship. The attorney submitted that at the time when police had arrested him, Julien was urinating and pulling up his underwear and pants. Magistrate Antoine referred the attorney to a case where on March 17, another magistrate jailed Paul’s client for 60 days for committing a similar offence (indecent exposure) at a girl’s primary school on Drayton Street.

Magistrate Antoine pointed out that in November, Julien was charged with possession of marijuana and larceny. Paul submitted that Julien’s use of drugs may be contributing to his current state of mind leading him to commit such acts. Asked whether he has a history of mental illness, attorney Paul said Julien was evaluated twice and found to be of stable mind.

Magistrate Antoine ordered another evaluation at St Ann’s. He is to be brought back to court on June 8 for sentence.