Rape, robbery accused complains of licks in jail

Sharaz Mohammed, 26, also told Senior Magistrate Nanette Forde- John, through an attorney who represented him, that when he was taken to the Maximum State Prison on Friday last, prison officers cuffed and slashed him across one of his cheeks. Mohammed of Woodland had appeared with his cousin Sadiq Mohammed, 24, also of Woodland, and their friend Brandon Basdeo, 21, of Penal, charged with abducting a 26-yearold woman from Cipero Street, San Fernando on February 11. The cousins were remanded into custody.

Police prosecutor Sgt Cleyon Seedan had objected to bail being granted to Mohammed and Sadiq because they had been out on bail for pending criminal charges when police arrested them.

Basdeo was granted $175,000 bail by the magistrate.

It is alleged that at about 8pm, the woman flagged down a car and asked to be taken to her home after leaving work at South Park in Tarouba. However, she was taken to a lonely path along Pluck Road, Woodland, where she was raped, buggered and robbed of two cell phones.

Yesterday, when Mohammed reappeared before Forde-John, attorneys Jason Jackson and Kathyanne Campaine represented him. Campaine asked the magistrate to make an order for him to get medical attention for the injuries he suffered in prison.

Forde-John granted bail to Mohammed in the sum of $200,000 to cover the four charges and ordered him to report three times weekly to the San Fernando Police Station.

He is to reappear on March 17 along with Sadiq and Basdeo.