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Gym instructor, forklift operator charged with rape

Detectives assigned to St Andrew North and St Mary divisions say they have arrested and charged two men in separate incidents with breaches of the Sexual Offences Act. They are a 28-year-old forklift operator of Kingston 8, and a 49-year-old...

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