Man in court for sex with minor

The charge read out in court to Ragbir alleged that on September 9 at a location in East Trinidad he did committed the act of sexual penetration of a female child under 14 years. The charge was laid indictably by WPC Farrier which means Ragbir will have to go to trial before a judge and jury if so ordered by a magistrate at the end of a preliminary inquiry hearing of the evidence. He was not called upon to enter a plea.

The magistrate ordered that the accused man’s record be traced to see if he has a criminal record and/or pending charges before dealing with bail considerations.

Rajbir was remanded into police custody and the case adjourned to Thursday.