LINSTEAD, St Catherine — A 37-year-old dancehall deejay who was charged with raping his 13-year-old stepdaughter, was denied bail when he appeared in court on Monday. The deejay will remain in police custody until March 27, when the matter will again be mentioned.

The entertainer is alleged to have sexually molested the juvenile on two occasions at his St Catherine  home in April 2009. Police told the court that the girl made a report to her mother — the entertainer’s common-law-wife — about the incident but she took no action.

Other members of her family felt that the mother did not address the matter with the level of seriousness that it deserved, became angry and made a report to the police, the court was told.

Reports are that when the entertainer got word that the matter was being investigated by the police, he is alleged to have fled the community and sought refuge in Westmoreland.

A wanted man advisory was circulated by the police and he was captured in Westmoreland and handed over to the police who slapped him with the charge.

The entertainer was previously convicted on a rape charge in 2002 and was sentenced to eight years imprisonment at hard labour. He was released from prison in 2008.

The police also took out an arrest warrant for the entertainer’s common-law-wife who has since been charged with negligence under the Child Care and Protection Act. She was offered $60,000 bail with surety to return to court on March 27.

— TK Whyte

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