“I would like to praise the courage of those girls who have spoken with us. “Rampersad used social media to prey on young vulnerable teenage girls, invading the privacy of their own homes for the sole purpose of gaining sexual gratification.
The offences include 21 counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child, four counts of causing/inciting a girl, aged 13 to 15, to engage in sexual activity and one of making indecent photographs of a child.ĭetective Constable Tom Ward explained that Rampersad used social media to target his victims but went on to say that the police believe that there are more victims who are yet to come forward.