The grandfather of an eight-year-old child is now being sought by the police for failing to report the sexual assault of the little girl in their northwestern St Catherine community.

The suspect in the case, a 24-year-old man, was held in a special police operation on St Johns Road in Spanish Town on April 13.

He was wanted in relation to allegations of rape, buggery, sexual touching, indecent assault, and grievous assault committed in a rural St Catherine farming district over an 18-month period spanning January 2019 to July 2020.

The assault began when the child was returning home after making a purchase at a shop.

She was attacked by two men on a track and sexually abused.

The girl was also sexually assaulted on the day of her mother’s funeral.

She is now 10 years old.

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