A route 48 minibus driver and his conductor were both remanded to prison yesterday, after facing sexual offences charges surrounding the rape of a then 12-year-old girl.
Roy Roach, called ‘Roachie’, 41, a minibus driver, and Keron Adams, 18, a bus conductor of D’ Field Turkeyen, were both brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and read separate charges.
It is alleged that Adams, on October 30, 2018, at South Ruimveldt, engaged in sexual penetration of a child under the age of 16.
Another charge was then read to Roach, which stated that on the very date, he caused a child of 12 to engage in sexual penetration with a third party.
Neither of the two were required to plead to the charges. They were both remanded to prison and will make their next court appearance on May 29 before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus.
It is alleged that on the day in question, the young girl caught the bus after she left her afterschool lessons. The bus driver and conductor later took her to a home, where the driver locked the door while the conductor committed the sexual act.
