A businessman was granted bail in the sum of $75,000 when he appeared before a Roseau Magistrate on Friday on alleged inappropriate behavior involving a minor.
He is facing six charges under the Sexual Offences Act: three alleged counts of indecent assault and three alleged counts of unlawful sexual intercourse.
Due to the nature of the offense, the Sexual Offences Act prohibits the publication of the name of the accused.
The prosecution did not object to bail.
He is to surrender his passport to the police, not interfere with the virtual complainant, be of good behavior and report to police headquarters twice a week.
Trial date is set for June 6, 2016.
Aye we live in a freaking funny country, since people are saying because it happens other places it’s, because it’s been done before it’s ok, beacause they parents may have been bad parents its ok but the most ridiculous is that because a 15yr old may have had relations with grown men knowingly, men who could have been her father mind you, its ok. Thing is at 15 I’m sure all of us did some things we would never consider doing now. Remember no matter how adult a child acts that child is still just a child.
Its really sad the way things are going on in this country. Jah! . while we may be quick to want to chastise those involved, we have to ask our selves what’s really going on in our Dominican families? His does a 15 year old child feels so comfortable engangung in such activities with someone who can be not only her father but grand father. What morals are we instilling in our young kids? What is it they desire or lack that would cause them to go down these roads? Where are the role models? Who is praying for them? Who is guiding them? Its really really sad
Oh please let us not be hypocrites; Many of us are children from teenage pregnancies. Many of our teenagers are parents. If an older man were to get a teenager pregnant and marry her; would that be any different?
Internet at our fingertips make it look as if these three individuals are the only ones who have ever had this happen. I believe we should look at ourselves before we pass judgment and let the real courts do the job they are there to do.
We all have family and friends of both sexes and pray they never find themselves in similar situations; the same goes for the family and friends of those involved. We are shocked because maybe we do not view some people as human and sinners like the rest of us. This thing is much different than the usual sex offenders, these are sadly working girls in a sex business who seemed to know exactly what they were doing. I am shocked only because I was unware Dominica had that trade and apparently the clientele.
Arrest d parents I say. Some of them too sootiweh. Children all about in the night drinking and doing God know what while they in bed sleeping. All on transport dwivaying,on facebook half naked and having all sots of things allu didnt buy. No questions asked. Now torry outside allu bawling. Only now allu realizing that they are children. All the time allu treating them like big women. Do ally jobs and be the parent not their friend. Doh worry stock farm have space for some of allu so called parents.
Perfect example of ” I KNOW PEOPLE THAT KNOW PEOPLE “. But God is good …
Maybe God is trying to tell us something. Boh political parties have skeletons and low moral men. None can throw stones now!
In a situation such as this ,every body is angry ,sad, and disappointed but, this is the time you need to be calm otherwise you are just like the perverts. Only the Christ has the power to punish human, we can only try to reform them. Jack beat up Jane, and if we don’t protect Jack no body will give him a bread to eat, don’t matter how daft and foolish it may sound but it is the truth
Judges 16: Samson and Deliah, We should refresh our memory of this biblical verses.
Before anyone of us living today was born people use women to destroy men.
We have to ask ourselves are those allegedly doing this hideous crimes and hideous they are if true are any less sinners than those who are making it possible for these crimes to be committed or could they be viewed as accomplices of said crimes.
Deliah was paid to get to know the weakness of Samson, Are there some in our society making it possible for our young women to have sex with older men so as to take them down and turn around and present themselves as holier than thou and upright citizens or are they really just pimping our children, hoping for a big payday, whatever that payday would be? Not in anyway to excuse anyone who would allegedly do what is reported to have allegedly been done?
A coin has two sides and both sides should be investigated. After all they say it takes a thief to catch a thief
ki sa protecting identity of child rapists and abusers?. Boy Dominica is the best. Isn’t there a public directory of child sexual abusers? Boy that country really backwards eh. I don’t care if the girl was is the middle of Roseau naked and offering it for free. Adults should not be enticed by children. This is sick and demonic. And we as a society need to start publicizely these monsters and shunning them.
Let us not turn our back on 20 years ago, please don’t pretend that these kind of act is happening now its been a problem in the country for years and we did nothing about it. It happen under the
freedom, Labor, and UWP, we are pointing fingers at who we want to point fingers at but let us not forget the bus driver of before, I will not call not names but you all no your all self. its a shame that we treat the future women in such a belittling matter and we all no that they deserve better, let us ask our self where are the fathers and mothers! am not here to blame any party for the men behaviors but moving forward what are we going to do as a county to correct, better, develop, motivate, and the ones affective………………………………..One’s work may be finished someday but one’s education never.
-Alexandre Dumas, the Elder
Tortola is British and the name of the accusers are mentioned but not the victim so i do not know what kind of law does Dominica have.
Canada is a Sovereign country. When children are molested and the perpetrators are charged, I have heard through the Media, the names of the victims and the perpetrators are not mentioned for the sake of the children and family. This is police authority orders.
I guess in certain circumstances and after the verdict and sentence, only the names of the convicted are released. We have to be satisfied with this Law since we cannot change it. It sounds like a fair Law.
lets pray for our children. I would also arrest the parents of these children si e paney sutiwe e paney vole parents are guilty too
I agree, the parents must have had knowledge of what was going on and are complicit. I am sure there is a lot more to come out! It is sad and very disgusting.
And significantly reprimand these children for engaging is such adult acts with such adult mannerism. If we do not send a proper message to all parties involved, then these predators will never stop, and these grown baby (girls), will never report such advances to their parents. All parties are liable and should be held responsible.
I said the same. Too many parents, especially mothers are lax. Some of the fathers are nowhere to be seen. These parents are in dire need of counseling and also on good parenting. Many children go astray due to bad parenting. I will point out, not only in Dominica but right where I reside in Canada.
Children are so lovable and innocent. They are in need of loving parents and proper nurturing. The various sad stories of children are many. They could reduce some adults to tears. This is why the Law is there to protect them to a certain degree when parents fail them.
I recall the godly words of Saint Pope John Paul II: “The family passes through the world. As the family goes, so does the world.” Sadly, we see some of that today.
we really need to at all times to watch ourselves because if we do not have moral principles then it will be very easy to go down . it is very sad when our brethen fall in this manner. we have to be very careful not to defy God by continuing to do wrong things over and over again. i feel for the young child and her mother , they are victims. the perpetrators need to understand that they have done a wicked thing and turn to God and repent. righteousness exalt a nation but sin is a reproach to any people and if they truly repent then who are we to judge them and continue to cast stones at them ? but no matter what we do or who we are there are consequences for the wrong which we do, we could be escaping justice at the court but know that. justice does not always end in court. let us all strive to do right, live right and be right inside.
I blame the Mercy Committee, the Evangelical Association and all those other interest groups who have circumvented the will of the people and the law. Not to mention, an ineffective DPP Office. Let’s bring back hanging and hang those child molesters and rapist. It’s time to start setting some examples. Enough with the foolish talk and take action against those who abuse our children.
That is british law they don’t like their names to call or print and mention in scandals cause they want us to know who they are
some of you all have more dirty clothes in you all closet smh
this thing has everything to do with politics, God is alive and in my eyes L is being vidicated even if the matter is not yet over. Shame shame , I wonder what were the names of the complainants against L squared.
I hope this will be a deterrent for those who seek out and encourage minors in unlawful acts.
Parents must instruct their children that when they are propositioned into such activities to avoid those who do.
The Social Service Department and schools should be involved in educating them accordingly.
Ok so I am a mother of only girls 4 of whom are teenagers, when I hear of this mess? The law states that I should not call crazy tee’s name or Ian pinard’s name so I won’t but doesn’t the law also state that we should protect it’s citizens? Doesn’t it state that men should not have sex with minors? I am a mother and a single one at that and I do not care how high a minor raises her skirt for a grown ass man or if she opens her legs as wide as the ocean in front of him she is a MINOR. How in God’s name can we sit here and allow ourselves to be musseled while men hurt our kids? Since when does Dominicans wait for the ok to speak or call names or criticize or condemn? Any man or woman who has the balls to hurt children are not of God. Quoted from Voltaire: To learn who rules over you simple find out who you are not allowed to criticize.Another Quoted from Thomas Jefferson: If the law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it but is obligated to do so.
It’s very sad that happens all over the world but am happy that Dominica is doing something about adults having sex with children. In my days every Thing was swept under the carpet or the adult would pay their way out by giving the child parents money. I still feel the pain growing up in Dominica and being abused by adults. Parents please take time out to educate your kids from these predators. Wish when I was growing up my parents educate me.To does who make the law in Dominica please make it so hard that those who decide to abuse kids will think twice. Am praying for the kids all over the world.
he without sin cast the the first stone.i pray for all in this in this matter god interfer now
The only things (people) worst than the abusers – are the people who MAKE EXCUSES for the abusers!
A minor, is minor…no she knows, no she wanted, no she was asking for it. MINOR is a minor!!!! NO is not her mother fault, no is not her nenen fault. It is the fault of the ABUSER. A minor could run around naked if she felt like it – it is the duty of the adult to ensure that she is aware of the consequences of her action; to tell her that what she is doing in wrong – to guide her, to inform her parents, to counsel her. It is not the Duty of an adult to take advantage of a minor!!
the ddp usually object to bail but not in this one
All that I can say is sign the petition and let’s make change b/c these men are getting away with too much. We must all wonder, how many other victims has he had over the years that never revealed anything?
https://www.change.org/p/government-of-dominica-gov-t-of-dominica-hold-an-emergency-meeting-of-parliament-on-child-sexual-abuse/c
You people are such hypocites. A “big” man in society gets accused of a crime and all of a sudden is “god help our children” and “he should go straight to jail” and “politics, bla, bla”. Did u care when it was a bus driver u know with a school child? Or your cousins’s cousin was loving a big man while going to school?Or one of you grown men trouble a girl under 16 because she “look like a big woman”? Or as young girls when you were going to school and a grown man trouble u and u smile and blush? And all the time these mothers know about all these things are happening and you people know it’s happening and say nothing about it. It’s happening in your villages and your communities every day and u turn a blind eye? Do you report it? Do you demand justice for the child? Do you demand child services take the child away from the mother who is ok with selling her child?. Everyone has something to say now that it’s someone Prominent or Popular. STOP being hypocrites. Clean your…
Take care of the children you can help, the ones you know, the ones you see everyday. Stop picking and choosing when to care. Only when Politics and Politicians are involved? Only when it suits you?
$75,000 bail? Well, that’s the cost of doing business. I will write that off against tax as an expense. Business as usual.
Well Well Well. Look story. What is wrong with these grown men in Dominica. Women in Dominica cannot get man and grown ass men running after school children. What is really going on here. 15 year old girl. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Don’t these men have daughters? How would you feel if a big hard back man running down your daughter. Where was the parental supervision. How is this school age girl getting time to go be with these big men.
I know is innocent until proven guilty but I believe is true self. Shame Shame Shame. I dont want to go to Mexico no more. I hope a big fat police man show up at their door door door and make them pay more than $500,000 dollars and jail their backside.
The 15 year-old girl is old enough to have sense to defend herself and run away when she is affronted with this type of behavior of adult men. She should go home and inform her parent(s). She should not succumb to their demands and expectation.
We know, as the saying, men will be men and are easily tempted. Therefore, when this occurs, the female gender must immediately remove herself from such an atmosphere.
What could have caused her to remain there to subject herself to sexual advances and whatever else occurred later?
The mother herself should question her daughter about her activities and how she managed to find herself in this situation.
You know, Blaze, the whole thing is, in this case the perpetrators, although weak of spirit are always solely blamed. When they face the Court, we hope they come out clean and give an account of what honestly occurred. You never know, it could acquit them. Some of those teenage girls are not easy.
That’s it? 75,000.00$ bail? No jail? how frail! Guys/Gals caught with some grass get really harsh punishment in comparison to this assault on the young girl – still a baby! These judges, lawyers…allu wasting time garcon. Allu still believe people to be ignorant of the laws. Very shameful, disgraceful, deplorable, despicable, contemptible, dishonorable, discreditable, reprehensible, low, unworthy, ignoble.
Is a 15 year-old still a baby? She is old enough to have a baby. Have you not seen them on the streets? She is no baby. She probably needs discipline and to be taught morality.
A friend who recently returned from Dominica was shocked to see how many young girls have babies and they appear to be proud of them. The same occurrs in Canada.
The governments of this country do not put their mouths in it except, according to the Law, to charge rapists and those who abuse them.
They will teach about sex and mas………. (you know what I mean I hope), same sex so-called marriage and it is OK to be gay. This is what those educators approved of and teach in their schools with the Premiere, a lesbian for this Province, at the helm of it who instituted it. It is a scandal.
I have stated, when these authorities die they will have much to answer to God for, even right on earth as they age. I doubt God will forgive them for tarnishing the minds of the little ones.
So what happen to the two others?
$75000.00?????? THIS COUNTRY IS A JOKE!!!!! . No wonder the number of assults are increasing!!!
What about the $15,000.00 how do you call it?….
the country is not a joke it is thecitizen/ people that is a joke. please, I am not a joke. I am someone of purpose, who works hard to build icountry. please chose your words carefully
WHERE IS THE THIRD PERSON!!!
Granting bail is this case is a precedence for what will happen to others arrested in this “particular”. Anyone one of the BIG boys (regardless of political colors will be bailed hence the reason they bail the defendant. I can’t believe the police prosecutor did not object to bail by his own will. I am “almost- 99.999″ certain that was a directive from wayyyyyyyyy up upstairs
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If it was a poor man child is Kanneeee they would make him Kanneeee on remand in stocky until trial. Remember Cpl. KC and the Ports 3 ? The police objecting to bail for their own but staying silent on those gwo-boug ” accused” of malicious crimes. But my god is NOT a Dominican police commissioner, chief magistrate or DPP.
Always Assertive!
Dominicans its time we go back to our good morals we were taught by our forefathers and mothers .pleading with thee mothers rise and take a stand in the upbringing of our young boys and girls teaching them to respect themselves and instead of leaving the sex talk to be taught to them by their freinds lets start sex education at an earlier age than teenage years .children are exposed to so much mefia and technogogy these days we have to reach them to fight and not be silent when they encounter situations with such men with Animalistics emotions who dont care about the emotional damage they are doing to thses young ppl while they seek only to empty their sacs shame shame i cry shame to such men giving our once innocent Dominica such bad reputation its time the law system enforce greater punishment to those sakwaybuwooo
Some people have their views about sex education. Some others are dead set against it and not to be taught in the schools.
Schools are places of learning to one day graduate and obtain a good paying legal job for their livelihood. Leave sex out of it!
For God’s sake and that of the children, allow the learning process of godliness, also disciple, love and respect. This is what I would teach in the schools aside from maths, geography, history, languages and the likes.
Governments have no right to teach sex education to children and to those little ones in school. It is the wrong teaching. This is a teaching for responsible parents to teach. Whatever they teach should be according to the child’s age. Otherwise, the children will be open to sex and experiment of same.
There is a time and place for everything. Let the children be children. Nurture them and protect them while they are still young, gullible and vulnerable.
If they are found guilty jail them.. stock they go…
Innocent until proven guilty there’s a lot more names to come out,, to all the reporters when you living in a glass house don’t throw stones
This country is the worst,and i pray to god to wipe the evil out.These guys should be exposed,and my campaign now is to let the international media and the United Nation aware of how this country is so corrupt and hide child molesters,Where is the leader of the country to condemn these acts,Dno NO NEED TO PUBLISH I WILL GET IT OUT,THIS IS SICKENING TO MY STOMACH……………………
The United Nations and international media? The majority of them are godless. Their aim is a one-world religion and money.
Good luck! They are godless and out to remove God, if they can and have been instrumental in removing prayers from schools, the legislatures and parliaments of the world. I would never contact them except if it pertains to general news and certain occurrences where they could assist.
United Nations oppress babies being born. They are pro-same sex recognition and marriage. The African nations are also their target. I have ample first-hand information on this.
I will never understand why the names …………….have to be hidden. Let them be known cause hiding them just mean that they’re going to keep on doing their do. Why protect them. Let their faces be all out there. That’s why they’ll NEVER stop. In the USA their names and pics are all over. They can’t live close to school, can’t be in the parks. Give them the same punishment.
As a woman I feel a shame, I feel used. $75,000.00 bail. 2 trips in the rum shop and that blow into dust. Is that our children and women worth, $75,000.00. I am a mother of 1 daughter and so I say God help me, because the only law that would satisfy me if found guilty is castration and set them out in the public to be ridiculed. Nothing less. Putting them behind bars is a waste of tax payers money.
No money can buy one innocent. It is time we women make a statement for the protection of our children.
They should have kept his false teeth as part of the punishment and made sure while he’s on bail he never wears a new one
it will remind him how old he is .
what about the rest
these magistrate and judges are not ready look out I have no confidence in a persecution now why has the police not arrested the third man
The 3rd man did not had sex with her
Are you using a Bill Clinton definition?
You must mean prosecution. Persecution is something else altogether. Look it up in the dictionary (…on line, if you don’t have a printed one at home).
This is how you do it Dominica. Read article. http://www.cbs46.com/story/31368352/lawmaker-accused-of-trying-to-lure-teen-into-sex-encounter#ixzz41px1KTWf
Kenisha…..very well done! That’s how its done Dominica!!!!! Nonsense about protecting the identity of the accused. We all know who the person is!! We all know who the victime is!!! LOL LOL LOL LOL.
News is news, and the Courts are muzzling freedom of speech. In the bigger countries they have realised that this does not ake sense, and its just simply report on what the situation actually is rather than trying and cover things up.
you know this can be written by anyone, right?
I say straight to prison! No bail!
they have so much skelletons in their closet but is linton the want to hang on radio.
silly what politics have to do with that .. this thing happen all over the world and its not politicial
Tell them
There are politicians involv, that is why it has to do with it.
Elected citizens are charged with the responsibility to govern, protect and most of all have integrity.
It should have been 1 million bail.
Hahahaha i lik that
This abuse goes beyond red and blue colours. These are our children!! This is a personal and destructive crime. The predators use their powers not only to sexually abuse our children but to also do psychological, physical and emotional harm on them. Those poor kids and their families and friends should be monitored for depression.
What man gets sexual pleasure from a child?
May God bless and protect our children from harm.
Only a pervert.
You people really need to come to the 21st century because I just read recently about A politician in the states who was arrested for trying to have sex with a 14 yrs old and his name was mention. They didn’t name the minor’s name but they made sure the public new who the accused was. Dominica is too corrupt and backwards.
We follow British rule, not American. Our laws are based on UK laws and not the latter.
The system of law in the states and UK is the same, common law.
I didn’t know we were under British rule? I thought we abandoned that 30+ years ago, and even got rid of the Privy Council last year. Kenisha is right; and furthermore, in Britain they identify the accused.
If that’s true, why is the doctor changing the LAWS and CONSTITUTION to suit his Comrades and himself, including the President, give me a break, following British law my foot
I think when Dominica became INDEPENDENT of Britain she should write her own LAWS, and not continue adopting BRITAIN’S LAWS.
I agree with Kenisha, the ONLY NAME that should be withheld is that of the MINOR. There is NO DIFFERENCE in LAW pertaining to RAPE, MOLESTATION, INCEST, or SEXUAL ABUSE.
yea that’s why the guilty goes free and the innocent is punished.
“The law of the United States is largely derived from the common lawsystemof English law”. (Wikipedia, Law of the United States)
In Dominica, after the person is charged his or her name can be released. For whatever reason our media seem afraid to mention names.
Thats so true they need to come up front and say wat it is.
75 grand alone?
How much bail is requested when they get couple bags of ganga?
smh…
Did you consider, if they are not caught and the ganja is not confiscated, the worth of it on the streets? The amount and worth are the reasons why the bail is high.
When they are caught, the illegal drug is valued. Based on that, this will also determine the amount of bail.
Dominica has had over a hundred child molestation cases per annum for the last 4 years and when I present my calypso DNO doh even letting me sing at the eliminations but this time I making final nine
Something happening
and it child molesting
Big men in suit and tie
Destroyin little children life
Woy Woy Woy
Something happening
And they is lie they lying
They take the man to court
Say LuI ca paler sort
They want to do underage brothels
Woy Woy something happening
And they say they working
Working to cover up
Abuse these men are to corrput
OK DNO Lang Mama have more lines but I will wait for quarter finals
I’m so going to copy this and post it on FB…thank you very much. You are so right.
me too lolol
blow de brass
lol lol .. I love that,, reposted that on fb,,
Creative
We need better. We expect better. Let them know. All the men and women who portray themselves as leaders in our society, whether as politicians, businessmen, clergymen, teachers, principals, police officers – we, the Dominican people, expect better. No distraction, no diversion, no name calling and maypwee.
We expect better. If you cannot provide strong, moral, statemanship, step aside.
I can’t understand how charges has been made and still names are not being released. Is there something that I am missing?
Yes you are missing something because u not reading the damn article.
It says, “Due to the nature of the offense, the Sexual Offences Act prohibits the publication of the name of the accused.”
Geez man.
You are the one missing the point. My comment was meant to be mock the law not for you to answer, However it’s good to know that you read. At the end of the child that was being taken advantage off. Stick to being anonymous.
My question was meant to mock the law. Good to know that you can read.
Charged does not mean convicted. Charged means they feel there is a case to be made. Conviction happens after the gavel comes down and you are found guilty.
You’re not missing anything. This country is backwards. They protect the accused.
A nation in distress will not see the light for progress.
Some members of the public too. They are part of the nation. You know, called nationals. This includes you.
There should be no bail for such crime. We should go straight into trial. If the man is a businessman and maybe close to politicians with money, we cannot under estimate the power of money and what it can do. It is hard for people with money or poor, to resist a large of money in exchange for hush-hush. They should not be given any opportunity to go out and pay anyone.
people are innocent until proven guilty.people killing they on bail. they not even going jail here so lets see what happens come june 6th 2016 i hope is not 2020 it reaching
I support you hundred percent because is that you going to hear happen so no bail for those crime
No bail should have been the order of the day .
Lang Mama calling for boycott of any businessman that interfering with children.
Who are the traitors now ? All those who were saying is lie they lying on their heroes
I think that the charges against Lennox should be dropped because his comments, or the lack thereof, is surfacing.
The should have granted bail of $500,000
What? $75,000 Are you for real? That is exactly the reason they keep on doing it!!!
Are u forgetting the other one who was granted station bail for $15.000.00?
Do you realize it is only bail? It is not a fine. The funds/property is still theirs unless they skip bail.