Tag: sex crimes
Messages point to coach’s guilt
(CNS): The direct evidence against Trinidad track star, Ato Stephens, accused of indecently assaulting one of his charges while coaching athletics comes only from the teenage girl but the director of public prosecutions said the stream of indecent messages he sent to her also point to his guilt. As the trial drew to a close […]
Track student had crush, coach claims
(CNS): Ato Stephens told the court that he believed the teenage girl who has accused him of sexually assaulting her had a crush on him when he was her running coach. When the track star from Trinidad appeared in the dock Monday, he denied ever touching the young girl or exposing himself to her. He […]
Young athlete recalls star coach’s alleged assault
(CNS): A 16-year-old-girl told a court Thursday, via video link, that regional track star Ato Stephens (38) touched her “inappropriately” in his car when he was her coach in 2015/16 when she was 14 and 15 years old. The young runner, who was training with the medal winning athlete from Trinidad, said that Stephens had […]
64% of CNS readers call for Bush to step down
(CNS): A straw poll posted by CNS on Friday found that 64% of readers who took part want Speaker of the Legislative Assembly McKeeva Bush to resign immediately, following his embarrassing arrest in Florida for allegedly groping a casino waitress. Almost 62% of those who said he should resign at some point (now, if he […]
Man bit ex-partner’s vagina during sex assault
(CNS): A defendant standing trial on rape and indecent assault charges bit his former girlfriend’s vagina as he forced her to have sex with him, the court heard Wednesday. Setting out the prosecution’s case against Fabian Dominique McField for the jury, crown counsel Toyin Salako said he bit his victim so hard that the wound […]
Dealing with paedophilia
‘Reality Strikes’ writes: Errington Webster is the latest in a recent spate of paedophiles brought to justice, but we know from Marl Road gossip and knowledge of the wider world that there are many more out there. In every country there are adults, mostly men, who find children sexually attractive, and while the public generally […]
Webster guilty on all four counts
(CNS): Errington Webster (55) was found guilty Tuesday on all four counts relating to a sexual assault on a teenage girl. The former firefighter and one-time political hopeful was remanded in custody immediately after the verdict, as Justice Charles Quin said the charges on which Webster was found guilty were too serious to extend his […]
Evidence against Webster ‘overwhelming’, says crown
(CNS): In a relatively short summary of her case against Errington Webster for indecent assault and gross indecency, crown prosecutor Darlene Oko urged the jury to find him guilty, saying that the evidence against him was “overwhelming”. She said that the former firefighter had targeted and groomed his victim and the video evidence showed that […]
Crown experts reject Webster’s claims of impairment
(CNS): Two medical experts called to examine claims by Errington Webster that his consumption of grapefruit juice, a bottle of Guinness and a herbal remedy, plus an extra dose of hypertension and cholesterol medication caused some kind of delirium said this was very unlikely. While Dr Marc Lockhart, a local leading psychiatrist who gave evidence […]
Webster claims he is not left handed
(CNS): As the court was shown the video evidence of Errington Webster masturbating in front of a 13-year-old girl, the former firefighter said the footage showed him using his left hand to carry out “the nefarious act”, which he said demonstrated that something was wrong because he is not left-handed. Continuing to give evidence Tuesday, […]
Webster denies video evidence
(CNS): Former firefighter, Errington Webster (55), flatly denied masturbating in the presence of a 13-year-old girl, despite the video evidence, when he took the witness stand Monday to defend himself against allegations of indecent assault and gross indecency. When asked about the incident of sexual abuse, the one-time political hopeful said, “It’s not true …no […]
