Man arrested for teen rape

The Prisoner Detention Center in the Fairbanks area of George Town has seen a busy month as RCIPS officers have put more than a dozen serious crime suspects in lockup or before the courts. – Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Police arrested a 32-year-old man accused of raping and indecently assaulting a teenage girl last week.

The man, from Jamaica, was visiting the victim’s home as a guest at the time of the incident, which is alleged to have taken place on Monday, Dec. 12, police said in a release.

The man was arrested and charged, and appeared in court Thursday, Dec. 15. He was remanded to Northward Prison.

He is set to appear in Grand Court on Jan. 13, 2017.