By PAVEL BAILEY

Tribune Staff Reporter

pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A 48-year-old man was granted bail yesterday after being accused of indecently assaulting his 11-year-old stepdaughter on two occasions this year.

The defendant, whose name is being withheld to protect the identity of the minor, was charged with two counts of indecent assault before Assistant Chief Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans.

He allegedly touched the girl inappropriately sometime between January 1 and July 14 in New Providence, and again on July 15.

The accused was not required to enter a plea. The matter will proceed to the Supreme Court by way of a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI).

Bail was set at $5,000 with one or two sureties. As part of his bail conditions, the defendant will be fitted with an electronic monitoring device and must report to the Rock Sound Police Station in Eleuthera every Monday by 5pm.

He is expected to return to court for service of the VBI on November 10.

Attorney Koed Smith represented the accused.