Bahamas: Husband, wife remanded after daughter’s pregnancy

CMC – A husband and wife have been remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services after they were charged with several offences arising out of the pregnancy of a minor.

Magistrate Shaka Serville Monday read out five counts of unlawful sexual intercourse to a 45-year-old man, whose name is being withheld to protect the minor’s identity.

The prosecution alleges that the man allegedly had sexual relations with his stepdaughter five times between April 1, 2022, and May 31, 2023, when the victim was 10 and 11 years old.

The 40-year-old mother has been charged with aggravated causing harm, abortion and failure to report suspected abuse of a minor. She allegedly failed to report the suspected abuse of her daughter between July 1 and August 11.

She is also accused of causing harm to the under-aged girl to commit an abortion, allegedly between August 11 and 12.

The man and his wife have since been told that their matter would be moved to the Supreme Court for trial through a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI) and that their VBIs are to be served on January 15.

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