A 59-year-old taxi-driver charged with having carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Maurice Fung of Lot 45 Princes Street, Werk-en-Rust was not required to plead to three charges of carnally knowing a girl under the age of 15 years and was remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.
It is alleged that between November 7 and November 30 last year, he had carnal knowledge of the minor. It is also alleged that he committed a similar act on February 13 and then last Tuesday.
Reports are that the police acting on information received went to a hotel and discovered Fung and the girl there. He was arrested and charged.
