In the last 4 weeks, we've reported on cases of men either charged with or found guilty of indecent assault. Tonight, we add another report to the growing list.
This one involves 37 year-old Salvadoran National Jose Cortez, a resident of Lovely Lane, who was convicted in Magistrate's Court and sentenced to 1 year imprisonment. He was accused of assaulting a 10 year-old girl.
According to the child, who testified in closed court, in August, she was at a home on Baghdad Street where she had gone to buy boiled corn.
She went behind the house and encountered Cortez - who, she says exposed himself and was attempting to open her legs, when she screamed for help. There were adults who were nearby, and they came to her rescue.
Cortez was then arrested by police and charged.
In his defense, Cortez flatly denied committing the offense. He said that he was drunk that day, and he was urinating against a fence. When he was finished, he turned around, and was zipping up his pants, when he saw the child.
Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith, did not accept his explanation of the events, and she found him guilty of the offence; she sentenced him to serve 1 year in prison.
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