Boy, 12, escapes being raped

Police investigators said that on October 20 shortly after 8 am, the boy boarded the maxi-taxi in Princes Town to meet his mother Matilda, where she was waiting on him.

However, the maxi driver passed the location and drove the boy near Harry’s Water Park at Tabaquite Road, Rio Claro. The investigators added the driver of Tableland, began to undress the boy who was pleading with him to stop.

During the ordeal, the boy blurted out that he has a male relative in the Police Service and investigators believe this is what saved him from being raped by the driver.

A police report stated upon hearing this, the maxi driver instead purchased a bag of snacks and told the boy to keep quiet about the incident.

The driver then transported the boy to the street where he (the boy) lives in New Grant shortly before 1 pm, the same day.

The boy’s mother told Newsday yesterday that she became frantic when she did not see her son arrive and immediately began calling relatives and friends. She noted when she saw her son, he was weeping and in a “terrible” condition clutching a bag of snacks.

“There are many sick people walking about in this country and the public must know who they are. His (the suspect) route is Princes Town-Tableland and on that day my son decided to take the maxi because there were not any taxis for the Princes Town-New Grant route,” said the mother.

Police investigators arrested the man on Saturday morning and yesterday PC Balliram of the Tableland Police Station charged him with kidnapping and indecent assault.

The man is expected to appear in the Princes Town Magistrates’ Court this morning to answer both charges.