Public Health worker accused of raping boy gets $250,000 bail

Esan Abrams, the Ministry of Public Health worker, who was charged with the rape of a 14-year-old boy, was yesterday granted $250,000 bail.

Abrams, 37, was first denied bail by Magistrate Leron Daly, who read a charge on March 29, alleging that Abrams, between June 21 and June 22, 2015, at the National Park, engaged in sexual penetration of the teen.

During his first court appearance, bail was objected to by the prosecutor, who noted that because the defendant lived in Trinidad and Tobago he would be a flight risk. Abrams told the court, however, that he had