BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – THE second man, who police said was in custody pending buggery charges, was yesterday (Dec. 9) formally arrested and charged with the offence.
Charged with buggery is 42-year-old Joseph ‘Baa’ Herbert of Lower Monkey Hill, St. Peters.
According to Police Press and Public Relations Officer, Inspector Vaughan Henderson, “On Thursday 9th December 2010 at approximately 9:00 pm at the Basseterre Police Station, police detectives at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) formally arrested and charged 42 years old Joseph Herbert also known as “Baa” of Lower Monkey Hill on a warrant in the first instance for the offence of Buggery which was committed upon a certain male person between 9th July and 13th October 2010.
“In relation to Herbert the police are objecting to bail and if the court finds favour with the police grounds for objecting he would be remanded to HM Prisons awaiting trial. Investigations are ongoing.”
Herbert is the second man in as many days to be charged with the offence of buggery. The first is 38-year-old Mario Alexander Harvey, also known as Antonio, of Lockhart Street, Basseterre, who allegedly sodomised a mentally challenged male juvenile on four occasions between July 9 and October 13, 2010.
It is alleged that the incidents involving Harvey took place in the vicinity of the People’s Action Movement’s Headquarters at Lockhart Street, Basseterre, where the police executed a search warrant and took some items of evidential value into custody for further analysis.
Although Inspector Henderson did not state that the incidents involving Harvey and Herbert are related, this media house learned that they are. And further evidence lies in the fact that both men were charged with buggery, allegedly committed on the same dates (between July 9 and October 13, 2010).
