The policeman, who is accused of carnal abuse involving a 14-year-old girl who went missing a few weeks after she made the report to the police, has been denied bail.

Police Constable Rushan Hamilton, 22, has been remanded to return to the Home Circuit Court on February 27. A trial date has been set for March 16.

The Crown is alleging that the girl was sexually molested on October 4 last year at the barracks at the Elleston Road Police Station in Kingston.

A report was made to the police on October 10 and Hamilton was subsequently arrested and charged with carnal abuse and indecent assault.

Defence lawyer Peter Champagnie, in making the bail application yesterday, argued that statements he had received pointed to another policeman being the offender and Hamilton had had nothing to do with the incident.

Crown Counsel Sasha Smith opposed bail on the grounds that after the report was made to the police, attempts were allegedly made to get the complainant to drop the case.

The Crown will be applying under the Evidence Amendment Act to have the girl's statement admitted in evidence when the trial begins.

Justice Carol Beswick, in denying Hamilton bail, told him that his lawyer could renew the application when he returned to court.

The girl went missing from her gate at Harbour View, St Andrew, in late October last year and has not been seen since.