Cabbie charged with rape

Forty-four-year-old taxi operator of Linstead, St Catherine, has been slapped with several sexual offence charges following an incident that transpired between January 2022 and December 2023.

He is expected to appear before the court to answer to the charges of rape, conspiracy to rape, sexual touching, aiding and abetting rape and possession of child pornography. In addition, the cabbie is accused of knowingly causing or inciting involvement of child pornography, conspiracy to grievous sexual assault, trafficking, misprision of a felony and failure to report to the Office of the Children Registry.

Reports from the Linstead Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB) are that the complainant was compelled to commit several sexual acts with the cabbie and other men against her will. A report was made to the police and an investigation was launched into the matter.

The taxi operator was subsequently arrested and the charges were laid against him on February 20.