Man charged for indecent assault of stepdaughter, 10

A 25-year-old Bagotstown man has been charged with indecently assaulting his 10-year-old stepdaughter.
The child has since been taken into protective custody by the Childcare Protection Agency of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security.
This newspaper has learnt that the child told a teacher at school that she had been awakened by a hand groping her. She said that the man was rubbing her vagina and legs.
The Childcare Agency was called in and the child’s mother was also called in to give statements.
The police arrested the man at his East Bank Demerara workplace, charged him and he will appear before the court today.