THE probation aftercare officer assigned to prepare the social enquiry and antecedent report of the 44-year-old St Catherine-based taxi driver who will spend over three decades behind bars after pleading guilty to routinely raping and trafficking his underage daughter and stepdaughter over several years, in describing him as “callous and nonchalant” with an “abnormal obsession towards young children”, has recommended “ongoing treatment to stem his abnormal desires and sexually perverted nature”.

The probation aftercare officer, in the document which is routinely requested by a sentencing judge prior to a judgment being handed down, said the man, who was also slapped with a similar sentence for raping another child, his next-door neighbour, around the same period of time, had violated his position and caused “a slew of trauma amongst family and community members”.

“It must be noted that [he] for several years set out to destroy the lives of vulnerable children, leaving a legacy of hurt, mental fatigue, self-harm, mistrust, fear, victimisation, and vulnerability. His victims have had to deal with the negative psychological, emotional and educational impact of his actions which continued over several years,” the probation aftercare officer said.

The officer said based on the “lengthy period of time the abuse of the children occurred, it suggests that his actions were done without remorse”.

“Offender’s actions appear callous and nonchalant as he displayed limited capacity in understanding the depth of the trauma that the victims were exposed to,” she said, while describing as “alarming his failure to accept responsibility for his actions towards [the neighbour he raped] and moreso his biological daughter” apparently because of the associated stigma.

“He has chosen to dissociate himself from the incident, alleging that he could not recall his moments [with his daughter] and suggested he may have been intoxicated at the time, even though he stated that he does not imbibe alcoholic beverages. This in itself is an indication that he knows his actions were wrong, but displayed scant regard for the trauma he induced to satisfy his abnormal sexual appetite towards her,” the officer said.

According to court documents, the biological daughter of the convicted man, who said he began molesting her when she was 12 years of age, during a telephone interview in the presence of her mother, said the abuse has left her “devastated”, and has affected her “psychologically, emotionally, mentally and educationally”. The child said her performance in school has been affected in a major way by the experience, which has also led to her having breakdowns and anxiety. She confided that she has tried cutting her wrists “on several occasions” and practises other methods of self-harm. The child further said she blames herself for keeping the situation secret, but said she was afraid she would have been harmed if she had confided in anyone. She said while she loves her father, she could not understand his actions and also expressed fear for her baby sisters who she said might suffer the same fate if his sentence was a short one.

Her mother — whose discovery of a disturbing video led to the investigations — for her part said she “almost suffered a nervous breakdown” when she saw the contents. She said the situation has left her “dismayed” and at times “unable to cope with what happened to the girls”. She said while she and the convicted man had become intimate when she was 16 years of age, she “never suspected that he would have abused his own child and the child who had come to know him as a father”. The mother who said she had learnt of allegations involving him and a niece of his after their relationship ended, she had given him the benefit of the doubt. She is now of the opinion that he is “a predator” whose victims appear to be minors and must be prevented “by way of a long sentence from leaving a trail of broken human beings”.

His stepdaughter who was also interviewed in the presence of her mother, said she at times blames herself for the duration of the incidents at the hands of the man who was “the only father” she knew. In expressing pain that her sibling was also affected, she said she also feared what he would do if she had exposed him. The child, who says she suffers from flashbacks of the incidents, said she has “sleepless nights” filled with fear that he would return to harm her and the family. She said while she has been counselled, she has trouble coping with harmful thoughts that enter her head when she recalls the incidents. Her own mother, who was informed about the abuse by the mother of the child’s sister, said the situation has left her “devastated”. She also said she has lived in constant fear because of threats made against her and the children by the man whom she said “has always been abusive towards her”.

When interviewed, residents of communities where the man grew up said they were not surprised as he had been charged for a similar offence against his niece in the past, but said that matter had been dismissed. In expressing disgust with his actions, particularly his offences against his biological daughter, community members said he “should be locked away and the key destroyed”.

According to the allegations, which were read out in court for the first time on Tuesday — since the convicted man had avoided a trial by virtue of his guilty pleas — he on occasion transported the girls to a friend who would forcibly have intercourse with them while he, the father, watched. That individual was apparently expected to help pay the father’s legal fees in relation to the under-aged neighbour he had raped.

His crimes came to light after his daughter’s mother saw a video he had sent to the child’s phone in which he was having intercourse with their child. When the mother reported the matter to the police, it was discovered that he had also been intimate with his stepdaughter, who said he had started having intercourse with her when she was in grade five, beginning sometime between 2018 and 2019. The crimes were uncovered in 2024.

While in the custody of the police, upon being told of the allegations against him and being cautioned, the taxi driver claimed that he had taken his stepdaughter’s virginity, but said he was not sure he was the one who took his daughter’s innocence. He admitted that on several occasions he would have intercourse with the girls and would perform oral sex on them.

He claimed they would do the same to him and that he would videotape and share those incidents with them. He said that on several occasions he took the young girls to a friend for him to also abuse them sexually.

According to the allegations, he went as far as impersonating his daughter by using her phone to text schoolboys, inviting them to the house to engage in sex acts with her and her stepsister on account that the acts would be videotaped and sent to him. If this was not done, he would be upset. However, when the request was carried out he would collect money from the boys and the adult friend when he was involved.

The taxi operator, who pleaded guilty to all counts, was sentenced to 33 years and eight months on the charges of rape, grievous sexual assault, and sex with a person under 16; 15 years on the trafficking counts; 10 years for causing the involvement of a child in pornography and producing child pornography; 10 years on the incest counts; and three years on the assault occasioning bodily harm counts. Those sentences, which amount to just over 70 years, will run concurrently. He was also slapped with a similar 33-year sentence for raping his next-door neighbour. The sentences for the crimes against all three girls amount to just over 100 years. However, they will run concurrently, making it so that he will serve the longest of the lot, which is 33 years and eight months behind bars, before he can apply for parole.

The prosecution was led by Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Malike Kellier and the defence by attorneys Denise Hinson and Stefan Matthews.

The matter was investigated by Detective Sergeant Tracey Cooper-Prince, Corporal Omar Thomas, and Corporal Nadia Edwards of the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse.