Child sex suspects’ case adjourned until March

November 22, 2012 1:56 PM

PHILIPSBURG--The case of two brothers who are suspected of being involved in sexual acts against their two sisters (one three and the other under 12) and their mother who is suspected of facilitating these acts has been adjourned until March 14, 2013.

 
The brothers, ages 18 and 20, are accused of committing lewd acts and having had sexual intercourse with their older sister between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2011, and with their three-year-old sister between August 1, 2011, and February 14, 2012. Their now 38-year-old mother is accused of aiding with these crimes.
 
The case was postponed previously on May 16, as extensive reports regarding the psychological state of the three suspects were needed. Such reports were deemed problematic at the time, as suspects involved in cases like these were admitted to Capriles Clinic or Government Educational Institute in Curaçao under former Netherlands Antilles law.
 
The brothers' lawyer Shaira Bommel said during that hearing that the process would take seven weeks and suggested an assessment be made in St. Maarten by Mental Health Foundation (MHF). In the hearing in the Court of First Instance on Wednesday, November 21, it was determined that an assessment could not be done in St. Maarten by MHF as a psychologist/psychiatrist could not be found due to certain circumstances.
 
Prosecutor Georges van den Eshof submitted to Judge Tamara Tijhuis the name of an independent clinical psychologist willing to take the case whom he had found on the island recently. However, the judge contended that one assessment might not be sufficient to give clarity to the case and adjourned the case until March next year.
 
The judge said the intervening period should be sufficient time for a double assessment to be made, both in St. Maarten and in Curaçao, and ordered such a double assessment of mother and sons.
 
The two brothers used the opportunity provided by their appearance in court yesterday to complain to the judge about what they said were unfavourable conditions in prison. They said the prolongation of their case was irritating, as they already had sat for an evaluation. The judge explained that these steps were being taken in the best interest of the case.
 
The mother gave birth to another child recently.
 
(The Daily Herald)
 
Lawyer Shaira Bommel, representing the two brothers, is an attorney at law firm Sulvaran & Peterson on Sint Maarten.

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