A 58-year-old unemployed man from Belmont has been granted $150,000 bail after appearing in court charged with raping a mentally disabled child.
Elvis “Cat” Sitney, of Upper Belmont Valley Road, Belmont, was granted the bail after he appeared before Magistrate Adia Mohammed in the Port-of-Spain Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
A release from the T&T Police Service (TTPS) described the victim as a child, deemed to be mentally subnormal, but did not state her age.
The offence allegedly took place last Sunday. As part of the conditions of his bail, Sitney was ordered not to make direct or indirect contact with the victim or come within 500 metres of her.Sitney reappeared before Mohammed yesterday and will reappear in court in January, next year.
Sitney was charged by WPC Elnora Wright of the Port-of-Spain Child Protection Unit.