A mentally challenged teenager has given birth for her grandfather, who has now been charged for buggery and incest after hiding from police for over a year.
The 65-year-old grandfather was remanded in custody by a Chaguanas magistrate after appearing on the charges last Thursday. He will appear before a magistrate in the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court today.
The charges stemmed from an incident where the man allegedly had sex with his then 15-year-old female relative on numerous occasions at her south home. The girl is also said to be mentally challenged.
After the teenager got pregnant her parents questioned her and she told them her grandfather had had sex with her. She also told them he buggered her. The girl’s parents made a report to the police in January 2015 and she gave birth one month after, in February.
Police said the incidents took place during the period 2013 and 2014. After the report was made to the police, the grandfather went into hiding.
Last week Monday, however, officers from the Central Division Task Force received information on where he was living. The officers went to an apartment located at Duncan Street, Port-of-Spain, where they arrested the man. He was taken to the Task Force office at the Chaguanas Police Station where he was interrogated and eventually admitted to the crimes. He was charged by WPC Singh.
The grandfather appeared before Chaguanas First Court Magistrate Sharon Gibson, who read the charges before transferring the matter.