A 38-year-old construction worker has been charged with the rape of a Jamaican national in Trinidad.
The man was arrested at his Trincity home on Thursday morning by officers of the Chaguanas CID and North Eastern Task Force.
Yesterday, he was placed on an ID parade where he was identified by the victim and another witness.
The man was subsequently charged and will appear before a Tunapuna magistrate tomorrow.
According to reports, the 26-year-old woman arrived at her home in Orchard Gardens, Chaguanas, on April 24 around 5 am, when she was accosted by a man who placed a knife to her throat and demanded that she hand over her belongings.
The woman told the man she had nothing, whereupon he forced her into her home where he allegedly raped her and then escaped through the front door.
WPC Alicia Joseph is heading the investigations.