PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro has ordered an investigation into the leaking of delicate details about a case involving a junior legal professional who has accused a senior lawyer of sexual assault.
The probe “will search to find out how this confidential data entered the general public area and to establish and maintain accountable any particular person(s) discovered answerable for breaching the legislation or inside protocols”, in keeping with a press release from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).
The announcement got here on the heels of the Regulation Affiliation of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) calling for a probe, because it condemned the dissemination of the complainant’s title, picture, and particulars of her police assertion on-line.
The complainant alleged that she was sexually assaulted by 58-year-old legal professional Martin Anthony George, the founding chairman of CrimeStoppers Worldwide for all the Caribbean area, and chairman and founding director of the Tobago Enterprise Chamber, at his Port of Spain workplace on March 22, 2025.
George appeared in courtroom final Wednesday on expenses of grievous sexual assault and indecent assault and was granted TT$150,000 (One TT greenback=US$0.16 cents) bail. He was ordered to not have any contact with the sufferer, “instantly or not directly,” and to remain 500 metres away from her always.
LATT final Friday reminded the general public that beneath the Sexual Offences Act, it’s a prison offence to publish or broadcast any data more likely to result in the identification of a complainant in a sexual offences matter.
This was bolstered within the TTPS assertion.
“The legislation is unambiguous on how sexual offences investigations are to be carried out, notably regarding the safety of the identification and privateness of victims. The Sexual Offences Act and associated legal guidelines exist exactly to safeguard victims from additional trauma and to encourage the reporting of those critical crimes,” it stated.
“The TTPS stays steadfast in its dedication to upholding the legislation, defending victims, and guaranteeing that every one investigations, particularly these involving sexual offences, are carried out with the very best stage of confidentiality, professionalism, and sensitivity. “
The TTPS additional urged the general public and the media to chorus from sharing or publishing any materials that might additional expose or hurt the complainant, and to permit due course of to take its course.
