Two martial arts instructors are facing charges of sexual touching and sexual penetration of a 12-year-old girl while she was attending a class in south Trinidad last month.
Police said the instructors, both age 16, operated out of the village’s community centre.
According to a report, the girl and her brother, eight, attended a class two weeks ago, when one of the instructors asked her for a kiss. After the girl kissed him, he allegedly went to brag to his colleague. The second instructor then followed the girl into the wash room, where she had gone to wash her hands. He reportedly then took off his clothes and had sex with her on a chair.
The girl’s brother, who became curious when he did not see her for several minutes, was given push-ups and other routines to perform by the other instructor as a distraction.
The incident only came to light last week after the girl was banned from using her mobile phone. Police were told during the week, she reportedly stayed at home while her mother went to work. Her mother left her with the phone in case of emergency. However, her mother returned home early that day and noticed the girl running into her bedroom with the phone in her hand. As the mother peeped into the room, she saw the girl having a conversation on the phone with someone. The girl’s father then arrived and took the girl to his home.
Later on that day the father was searching through the child’s phone and saw an Instagram message from someone who expressed being upset that he did not get to have sex with her. Also on the phone was a message from the same instructor asking the girl if she had experienced her menstrual cycle since their intercourse.
The father and mother later took the girl to the Gasparillo Police Station where she was then taken to the Marabella Health Centre where it was proven she was sexually active.
Police also later learned that there were other allegations of sexual misconduct by another instructor at the school who was accused of sexual grooming of another 12-year-old in Chaguanas.
However, her parents chose not to report the matter to the police and instead stopped her from attending classes.