Man freed of incest

A 46-YEAR-OLD unemployed man was yesterday freed of committing incest on his nine-year-old daughter five years ago.

After two hours of deliberation, the nine-member jury returned a not-guilty verdict in the Third Criminal Assizes in the San Fernando High Court. The man was alleged to have committed the act when the girl’s pregnant mother was in hospital in March 1998. The victim told her mother the accused put her to sleep in his bed and forced her to have sex with him. The trial was before Justice Jai Narine and the prosecution was led by State attorney Narissa Ramsundar. The accused was represented by attorney Ian Suekeran.