A 34-year-old Pleasantville man was denied bail when he appeared in court yesterday charged with raping, robbing and abducting a pregnant woman on January 26.
Marvin Lewis, of Sunflower Drive, Pleasantville, San Fernando, was remanded in custody and ordered to reappear in court on March 15 by Magistrate Wendy Dougdeen-Bally.
Lewis, the court heard, has previous matters of a similar nature and his criminal record was not presented when he appeared in court.
According to a police report, the 24-year-old woman boarded a PH taxi, a black Nissan Almera, at Roopsingh Road, Couva, around 8.30 pm. There were two other men in the car.
Police said the woman asked to be dropped in Chaguanas but instead was taken to Cunupia where the driver and the other men sexually assaulted her.
The woman was also robbed of $1,000 in cash and her cellphone before she was abandoned.
The woman made a report to the Cunupia Police Station and was taken to the Chaguanas Health Facility where she was medically examined.
Police are still searching for the other men. (JLV)