$80,000 bail for woman charged with having sex with teen boy
By Nikita Braxton
Tuesday, May 6th 2008
Trinidad and Tobago News Blog
www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog
A woman, charged with having sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old boy without his consent, was yesterday granted $80,000 bail and ordered to stay 100 feet away from the young man.
Reshmi Dipnarine, 21, of Calcutta Settlement, Freeport, appeared before Magistrate Melvin Daniel in the San Fernando Second Court charged with two counts of the offence, which allegedly occurred at Teak Avenue, Claxton Bay, on March 30 and April 4, 2008.
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