Detectives from the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) have charged a 20-year-old farmer with sexual assault involving a 12-year-old girl in St James.
The accused has been charged with buggery.
It is alleged that on Tuesday, February 21, the farmer came in contact with the 12-year-old schoolgirl, and pulled her into a banana field, where he sexually assaulted her.
The accused is booked to appear in court on April 5.