A 32-year-old High School coach is set to appear before the St Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday following accusations that he abducted and raped a 16-year-old female student.

According to police reports, about 2:00 pm on December 13, 2017, the accused offered student a ride to the bus stop after she completed track and field training.

The coach reportedly drove past the child’s bus stop and onto a dirt track off the Spanish Town bypass, close to the El Prado Verde housing scheme in St Catherine, where he sexually assaulted her.

The incident was reported to the police on December 19, 2017 and an investigation launched.

The Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) arrested the accused and charged him with abduction, indecent assault and rape last week Monday.