Grenada: School teacher granted bail in child pornography and relationship with a minor

illsborough Secondary School teacher, Leslie Stewart was granted bail on Friday when he appeared at the Number One Magistrate Court in St George’s.

2024-07-07 15:35:05

Leslie Stewart – as he arrived on the mainland from Carriacou Friday under police escort

Grenada: Hillsborough Secondary School teacher, Leslie Stewart was granted bail on Friday when he appeared at the Number One Magistrate Court in St George’s, on the charge of child pornography; cultivating an online relationship with a minor. Stewart was placed on $20,000.00 bail with one surety. He was also ordered to surrender all his travel documents, have no contact with the female student, and must report to the Carriacou Police Station every Monday and Friday. He was represented by attorney-at-law, George Prime. Also read: Opposition leader “politicizing” my medical condition: PM Rowley The 54-year-old is due to make his second court appearance at the Carriacou Magistrate Court on July 16th. This was done to afford the student uninterrupted time to complete her studies and the subsequent writing of the CXC exams. Also read: 461 received second dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Dominica The Math teacher was formally charged on Thursday night and taken to the mainland on Friday morning. Lawmen are said to be in possession of hundreds of pages of messages, which he sent via the Whatsapp platform to the student from May 6th, 2020 to Valentine Day (February 14th), 2021

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