Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor
Earlier today [Apr.13] in Magistrates Court, a 35-year-old man was charged with sexually assaulting a minor, and assaulting two bystanders who tried to intervene, according to a ZBM report.
He was also charged with carrying an offensive weapon, namely a claw hammer, and possessing drug equipment.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of sexually assaulting a child under 14. He was also charged with “depriving a woman of her child by forcibly enticing the child away from the mother.” He also faces two counts of assault, with the Court alleging he assaulted the two individuals as they attempted to prevent the offence.
The alleged incidents all occurred on March 29th of this year in an increased penalty zone. The defendant was not required to enter a plea as his matter must be heard in the Supreme Court, and was remanded in custody.
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So wrong in so many ways! There is no way this man should be allowed into normal society again, definately a mental health issue. For a small country we really do have alot of very violent and un-well people
i agree…this man should be behind bars for the rest of his life….I agree we do have some un well people in bermuda… the leader of this country needs to have a check up….
Why do we not post names in the cases like this? We need to know who the sickos are on this rock. In this type of thing, well, the public is at risk, NO NAMES!!!?? Can not be named for legal reasons. Well listen here legal! WE NEED TO KNOW!
We plaster the names of witnesses on trials all over the news When they are at risk and should be protected because they are standing up for society, but you won’t publish the names of a sexual predator that puts us the public and children risk. SMDH!!
because as of yet there is no conviction. Imagine if all it took to label someone as a “sicko” was to report someone as such to the police…
im sure in many of these cases they have the right person, but if all it took is someone accusing you and a charge for everyone to get your name, we’d have a lot of disgruntled people accusing others.
remember, being associated with an incident like this does not go away. Even if you were found factually innocent (not just shadow of a doubt, but literally proven it wasnt you) the reputation would still hang with you.
I can agree to a certain point, but I find that even in a conviction the name is never released…..we are left in the dark….
However, If you can remember last week that a teacher was fired immediately and had since left the island….nothing was proven and he didn;’t even get a chance to know what hit him in his case, but name and picture was plastered over all news mediums. There weren’t even any charges in his case becasue there was no case. And it was not the “inappropriate” we were thinking it was….Why was that? Why was his name and picture all over the paper when it didn’t even go to court? But this individual is being charged and we can’t know his identity? Double standards or is it because he was a foreigner? It shou;d be the same across the board.
The individual is not being named for legal reasons in two instances:
1. Because there is a presumption of innocence in Bermuda: a man is innocent until proven guilty- if he is found innocent and has been named, then he will not be able to remove the stigma attached to sexually assaulting a child; and
2. The most important reason: to protect the identity of the child- often times naming the individual can reveal the child that hs been harmed in this situations.
The teacher’s name and photo was released because he was fired from the school for inappropriate text messages- The parents and student body were aware who he was from an email sent to all. If had it been serious enough, he would have been charged with a sexual crime.
So your double standard because he’s a foreigner theory is a little warped.
Regardless of whether or not this guy has been tried and convicted, this looks like a no-brainer. I agree with Bermyman — there seems to be an awful lot of “deficient” people running around this little island. Also, I’m still astounded that unlike other countries Bermuda protects the sexual offender from being identified. There should be posters up on everyone window and telephone pole warning people of these kinds of predators. Protect our children – not the offenders!
Hey Boston, as Scott stated above you just can’t go ahead and name anyone that has been accused. Innocent until proven guilty. I think though after the perp has been found guilty the name should be posted as to protect the innocent.
Disgusting. They need to lock these people up for life, they are ill and no amount of “help” will change them. Children need to be protected. We need to start putting their names and picture in the paper as well.
i feel his name should be printed so that the public is aware and can protect our children……so wrong on so many levels ……..i agree with privacy laws to an extent but sex offenders especially pedophiles should be named and if they cant be named than lock em up or institutionalize them forever so they can get the help they need and are not a threat to society now had the childs mother had beat the living daylights outta him than the headline would have read her name and every detail about her while she goes up for GBH…..unfortunately the offender doesnt sound like a first time offender
Why are we protecting this monster?!
We must determined if he is a monster first. It may seem like an open and shut case, but matters of this nature are so serious that we need to ensure the accused is guilty beyond all reasonable doubt before we name names. The fact that people are already getting angry is evidence enough that the nature of the crimes are so severe that they evoke strong emotions, which are being directed at the accused. We need to be rational and see how this plays out.
Good gracious. smh. at least he’s caught
I didn’t know the charge “depriving a woman of her child by forcibly enticing the child away from the mother” even existed.
I think that means kidnapping
OK people just playing the devil’s advocate here what if the guy was wrongfully accused and that come out in the court hearing. All you people will remeber is that he/she was accused of the crime. Until this person is convicted I can see why they do not show pictures and name names. Imagine you are accursed of sexual assult you know you did not do it and for what ever reason you were accused and taken to court. If that were to happen people would only remeber you thas right you as an accused of a hanius crime. People would shun you, jobs will google your name and many other consequeses might occur. Now do you get it. However if convicted by all means blast and lable him/she. The key has to be conviction in the case of potential character assasination due to wrongful conviction.
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Thank you for speaking my mind. Anyone can be accussed. If upon conviction…..well..impose your own sentence.
A great day to all the know-it-alls…..
Agree to a point, see my reply above.
So what? They post other “accused” criminals in the paper for much less. Their reputation could be ruined even if they are found not guilty. They also put peoples pictures and names in the paper for speeding. How could you put into a situation like that anyway? Lets be real and these guys also get off easy in Bermuda on sexual assault cases. You can get 15 years for selling drugs but raping someone will get you 3 years.
yes you are right that they do post others pics and names… and the selling drugs vs rape sentences are definitely skewed, thats for sure…
but we shouldnt lower our standard in one area to make things even… why not raise our standards in all tehse other cases. just dont post any pics/names, instead of posting any/everyones pic/name.
In the US and other jurisdictions it doesn’t matter. Convicted or not the arrest and name are publicised. And who is more vigilant about infringing on one’s civil liberties than the US?! The Police don’t just walk around looking for unsuspecting individuals to haul off and charge with heinous crimes. Name and shame. I would rather destroy the reputation of one innocent person than allow the cowards accused of this behaviour to carry out their misdeeds in anonymity.
I just hope and pray that that one innocent person is never you.
No Smoke without Fire!
and as far as I’m concerned…that was/is KID-NAPPING!
Sounds like a domestic gone wrong.
Of all the crimes we experience in this country, the perpetrators of sexual crimes (particularly against children) almost always go un-named. Aren’t these the criminals which we really need to know about??
I have always said that we in Bermuda complain about the things that don’t matter but are silent about things that are really important.
We should all be protesting in the streets about the laws that say we cannot name sexual predators.
If anyone was ever convicted of raping any of my family members, I would make hundreds of copies of his/her picture and post them on every telephone pole in Bermuda.
Bang!
Once again Malachi your jumping to conclusions which is typical of small communities. “rape”…….hang on whilst I find my handbasket…………..
Not jumping to conclusions about any particular case Terry, simply pointing out a condition which exists for which I find disturbing.
“convicted of raping”
There for me is the key to the situation. Also I do get where Nicole is coming from on the pictures of others accused of different crimes and I agree. Crazy right that’s like twice now. Guess it boils down to the police trying to show the public that they are trying to do some thing about crime and or the media needing some thing to grab our attention. Some where in between the two I think.
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Innocent until proven guilty. Also, does it occur to you that the victim might not want to known? In small Bermuda naming the accused could easily point to the victim.
The REAL problem is that we live in a society which for some reason, tends to look down on the sex victims as somehow being complicit. We really need to change our attitude in this regard as there should be no shame in being named as a victim of a sexual crime.
If is he guilty Hang him!*
I agree that this guys name should be revealed to the community. There should be a public record with picture so people would know who offender are. I know of this incident myself and the young one, this sicko tried to hurt. This guy has been locked up numberous times for this type of thing and always acts as if he’s some Ganster.
All these type of guys do is find the loop hole in the laws and go recommit the same offense.
What is government waiting for, someone to lose there life.
The whole incident would have been avoided if a list was public knowledge.
Name and Shame them. Unite against them.
Was the child a boy?!?
“guys name should be revealed to the community. There should be a public record with picture so people would know who offender are.”
So say all this happens and in the trial it is found that the accuser has a personal grudge against the accused and that they made up the story. Once the pics are out there with the inscription it to late the damage is perminate. I agree that we should know who they are but can’t we wait till its proven is all I’m sayin.
Yes the law is reactive not proactive. It prety hard to catch a criminal before they become one don’t you think.
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This is what the guy was charged with:
“depriving a woman of her child by forcibly enticing the child away from the mother”
This is what the charges should have been
attempt Kidnapping, assault of a minor, and 2 count of assault.
This incident happened in the vicinity of 3 schools and a nursery. If he’s been arrested AND CHARGED with sexual assault his name should be plastered all over those schools as somebody to be wary of…
A couple of years back a known predator was driving around certain schools picking up kids in his car. Word of mouth isn’t enough. We need to name and shame.
Fine but there has to be a record and conviction on his file it would not be responcible any other way.
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