Accused sexual offender living with victim in Port Kaituma

Some residents of Port Kaituma are concerned that a man accused of raping a young girl is now on bail and living in the same house with her and her sister.

Last year March, fisherman Vibert Henry, 30, of Moruca, appeared before then Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on a charge of allegedly having carnal knowledge of an 11-year-old girl. He was not required to plead and was then remanded to prison. However, the matter was later transferred to the Matthew’s Ridge Magistrate’s Court and the man was later granted bail.

Just over a year later, the man is once again living in the same home with the girls at a place called Canal Bank, on the outskirts of Port Kaituma. “This is just