A 60-year-old man charged with sexually molesting his 16-year-old daughter was granted bail when he appeared in the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate's court yesterday.
It is uncertain, however, when he will take up his $100,000 bail offer, as he told the court that he has no one to bail him.
Resident Magistrate Evan Brown questioned the reason for having the elderly man in custody over a prolonged period with no bail being offered. "Do you have anyone to bail you," RM Brown asked the accused.
Seemingly dazed
Looking very tattered and seemingly dazed, he gazed at the ceiling and in different directions before looking back at the RM.He gave no immediate answer and the RM had to repeat the question.
"Mi nuh ave nobody fi bail mi sar," the accused faintly responded finally.
"What about your relatives, do you have any who can bail you?" the judge reiterated.
"Mi ave mi sister dem but dem can't bail mi cause dem get old," he replied.
After holding a brief conference with the clerk of the courts Ruel Gibson, RM Brown described it as "absolute nonsense" that the court should have held the accused in custody without offering him bail. "Tell your sisters to go down to the court office and get you bailed," he eventually told the accused.
The prosecution is alleging that the girl's mother died a few years ago and she and her brother went to live with their father.
It is alleged that the son slept in a bed by himself, while the girl, who was 13 at the time, slept in her father's bed. The house had no electricity and the lamp would be lit occasionally when the accused could afford to buy kerosene oil.
It is further alleged that over a three-year period, the girl was sexually molested. The last incident is alleged to have occurred on January 19 of this year. The child made a report to a relative the following day and the accused was arrested and charged with incest.
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how him fi get bail??? What is society really coming to .we really in trouble if we goin to let a 60year old man rape a minor, an get bail, a chance or feeling of freedom.