Portmore labourer gets bail on charge of indecent assault of a minor
Published:Thursday | October 19, 2023 | 1:18 PM
A Portmore labourer who was charged with committing a sexual offence against a 10-year-old girl was granted $300,000 bail when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Thursday.
Attorney Kaydia Williams also successfully applied for the court to reduce the charge against Carlton Francis from sexual touching to indecent assault.
Francis appeared before Senior Parish Court Judge Desiree Alleyne, where he pleaded guilty to threatening the child and was fined $1,000 or 10 days' imprisonment.
It is alleged that Francis assaulted the victim on August 13 and a report was made to the police.
Francis later threatened the complainant.
He is scheduled to reappear in court on January 22, 2024.
- Rasbert Turner
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