A FORTY-ONE-YEAR old man appeared at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with the sexual activity of a child/family member before Magistrate Alex Moore.He was refused bail and remanded to prison until August 26; the case was transferred to the Sisters Magistrate’s Court. The unemployed man was not required to plead to the first indictable charge which was instituted by Detective Constable Marlyn Rowe.
Particulars of the charge state that between June 1 and July 15 at Edinburgh Village, East Bank Berbice,   in the Berbice Magisterial District he engaged in sexual penetration with the nine-year-old girl, who is his stepdaughter.
Inspector Althea Solomon, prosecuting, objected to bail citing the gravity of the offence and seriousness of the crime. Further, Solomon told the court that advice from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions stipulated that a forensic interview be undertaken so as to garner evidence from the two additional sisters, aged seven and five years respectively, after which further charges will be instituted.
However, the defendant told the court, that he has no knowledge about the allegations. Meanwhile, the plight of the three children became public interest after they were found neglected at Edinburgh Village.  They alleged that they were raped and beaten with a hammer and thrown out of the house. Subsequently, they were taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital where they are currently being analyzed and treated.