A 44-year-old man who claimed he was a spiritual healer was denied bail yesterday when he appeared in court on 91 sexual offences against a 15-year-old girl. Krishna Singh, a deportee from the US, was charged with 81 charges of rape against the teen, five additional charges of grievous sexual assault and five other sexual offences against a minor.
The offences are alleged to have happened between May 12 and August 6 at his Brathwaite Street, El Dorado, home. According to police, Singh was held for the sex offences after officers of the Fraud Squad completed their investigations into allegations that he was falsely soliciting money from the child’s mother.
Singh who was charged on August 13 was scheduled to appear before a Tunapuna magistrate last Thursday but had to be transferred to the Arima Magistrates Court owing to a sewer leak at the courthouse. The matter was not called in Arima after the man claimed to have fallen sick and was taken to hospital. He was to re-appear on Friday but had a mild cardiac infraction.
Singh was also charged with resisting arrest, assault and possession of an apparatus configured for smoking cocaine. When Singh appeared before Tunapuna Magistrate Maureen Baboolal-Gafoor yesterday it was learnt that Singh, who is also called Shelton Roberts and Shelford Roberts, has charges of sexual misconduct against him before another magistrate in the Tunapuna district.
As a result he was remanded in custody until September 16 and advised to seek bail before a judge in the High Court. Singh who was unrepresented was charged by Sgt Michelle Lewis of the Child Protection Unit attached to the Northern Division.