THE MOTHER, BROTHER and stepfather who reportedly are before the courts after a 14-year-old relative was sexually molested will return to court on January 4.
The accused men, a 19-year-old unemployed youth and a 39-year-old, all of Kingston 8 addresses, were arrested and charged in November for carnal abuse after the child's teacher reported the matter to the police.
The mother, 28, was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact, after it is alleged she told the complainant to lie about the alleged molestation incidents
All three had their bails extended when they appeared in Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday to answer to the charges.
Allegations are that in February 2003, the complainant, who was 12 at the time, was taken by her mother, to the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA).
It is reported that the accused told the police that her daughter was sexually assaulted by a masked man which resulted in her becoming pregnant.
It is reported that the complainant gave birth to a baby girl in November of that year and the baby was taken to a law office in downtown, Kingston, where it was handed over to an attorney without any documents being signed.
On November 23 of this year, the complainant reportedly went to school where her class teacher noticed a 'hickey' on her neck. It is alleged that the complainant was questioned by her teacher and she claimed that she had been sexually molested by her stepfather.
The teacher reportedly took the child to the CISOCA where the complainant confessed that her statement in 2003 was incorrect.
She reportedly told the investigating officer that she had been told to make that statement after she had been allegedly molested by her brother, which resulted in her becoming pregnant.
Further investigations led to the arrest of the child's mother. Later, the child's brother and stepfather were called in to the centre where they were charged.
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