EX- soldier Leonard Bristol, aged 22 years of Lot 37 Bristol Street, Cumberland, East Canje, has been charged with sexual assault.The car driver appeared at the Reliance Magistrates Court, where he was not required to plead to the charge which alleged that he fondled the vagina of a 12- year- old girl.
Detective Constable Keisha Deane Smith swore to the accuracy of the information gathered in the police file, which has resulted in the defendant being arraigned.
According to reports the virtual complainant, a first form student, joined the defendant’s car which was expected to take her to the Berbice Educational Institute.
However, after the defendant had dropped off the other passengers, he diverted from the intended route, and drove to a desolate area at Palmyra Village, where it was alleged he fondled the juvenile’s private part.
Subsequently, the teen was taken to her school, where an observant teacher noticed her lateness, and questioned the child about the reason.
The virtual complainant then confided in her class teacher, who in turn contacted the child’s mother; the matter was then reported to the police.
Bristol was ordered to lodge bail in the sum of $100,000 and his Guyana passport.
The case is fixed for report before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs Marcus on November 28.