A 46-year-old Trinidadian man who agreed to be extradited last year to Canada to answer seven counts of sexual offence, was yesterday found guilty in a Canadian court.
Leo Henry Edwards was found guilty on four counts sex assault, sex exploitation, sexual interference and invitation sex touching. He will be sentenced on January 20, 2010, and can be jailed for approximately ten to 12 years.
Edwards is accused of having sex with a step-child, having sex with a child under the age of 14, indecent assault, grievous sexual assault, serious indecency, buggery and rape.
He was wanted in Toronto, Canada, on all the charges, which are alleged to have to occurred between September 1, 2001, and May 31, 2006, in Toronto.
Edwards, 45, of Brooklyn Settlement, Sangre Grande, also has a pending sexual offence in the Sangre Grande Magistrates’ Court, and is on $300,000 bail for that matter.
He was arrested outside the Sangre Grande Magistrates’ Court on February 28 last year on a provisional extradition warrant.
