St Catherine father accused of sexual assault freed as court upholds no-case submission
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A St Catherine father accused of sexually assaulting his daughter has been freed by the parish court after a no-case submission was upheld.
The man, whose identity is being withheld to protect the complainant, was charged with grievous sexual assault.
The application was made by attorney-at-law Odane Marston who argued, among other things, that there were glaring inconsistencies in the prosecution’s case and that his client should be given the benefit of the doubt.
The allegations stemmed from an incident in June 2022, when the complainant—his daughter—reportedly made a court-ordered visit to her father.
It was alleged that upon her return home, claims were made that the child had been molested.
A report was later made to the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), and the man was subsequently arrested and charged with grievous sexual assault.
He made several court appearances over the course of the matter and maintained his innocence throughout.
- Rasbert Turner
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