Sleeping rapists arrested

The women aged 29 and 16, from South Trinidad were at the Brian Lara Promenade in Port of Spain last Friday when at 7 pm the elder was accosted by her ex-boyfriend who beat and ordered her into a car parked nearby.

The teen was also ordered into the car where another man sat in the front passenger seat.

The sisters were taken to a house at Bushe Street in San Juan where the men took turns raping them.

The women told police that they were assaulted for several hours before the men, both exhausted, fell asleep on the bed.

Sometime during the early morning hours on Saturday, the sisters quietly got dresses and sneaked out of the house.

The sisters sought help of passers-by and were taken to the San Juan police station where they were met by WPC Greenidge, who took an initial report from them.

Greenidge and other officers made their way to the house in Bushe Street where they found the men in a deep slumber.

Both were awakened and placed under arrest.

The victims were later medically examined and officers returned to the house to photograph the bedroom and collect DNA evidence.

Both men who remain in custody are facing kidnap, assault, rape and indecent assault charges once investigations are completed.

The victims are receiving counselling from the Police’s Victims of Crime Support Unit.