Cop held for rape

According to reports, the 27-year-old victim who knows the officer, made arrangements on Carnival Monday night for him to take her home. According to a police report, at about 10.55 pm the woman was at Roxborough when she met with the officer who drove her to her Plymouth apartment.

The constable reportedly told the victim he had worked all day, was a bit tired and asked that he be given an opportunity to take a rest before returning to the police station. The woman reportedly felt sorry and invited him inside and was about to prepare a sofa for him to rest when he overpowered her and bodily threw her on a bed.

The woman said she attempted to fight off the officer but he was too strong and later raped her.The officer later told the woman he had to go back to work and left the apartment.

She contacted relatives and went to the Scarborough Police Station where a report was made the woman was medically examined on Carnival Tuesday.

Senior police officers carried out enquiries and on Wednesday when the officer turned up for duties he was arrested and taken to the Scarborough Police Station where he was placed in a cell.

Police sources revealed that when he was detained, the officer protested his innocence claiming he was being “set up” and that the woman was a willing partner in the sex act.

Yesterday, Assistant Commissioner of Police Irwin Hackshaw confirmed that officers in Tobago are probing a report of rape and added that the matter is still under investigation.

He said once investigations are completed, the case file will be sent to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for a determination to be made on how to proceed with the case.