Two men appeared in Magistrates’ Court Friday, facing charges of sexually abusing the same 14-year-old girl.
One man, the girl’s stepfather, is charged with indecent assault and buggery, accused of sodomising the girl in her sleep between June and September 2007, then allegedly massaging her head and offering to pay her for sex on July 28, Senior Crown Counsel Christilyn Benjamin told the court.
Another man, said to be a friend of the girl’s family, faces two counts of indecent assault and three counts of rape. He is accused of fondling the girl’s breast and vagina on occasions when she visited his home, then having sex with her against her will on three occasions, Ms. Benjamin said.
Both men denied the allegations in police interviews, she added.
The Beacon is withholding the identity of the defendants out of respect for the alleged victim’s privacy.
See the Sept. 15, 2011 edition for full coverage.