Principal charged in connection with child’s death in Trinidad

The 50-year-old principal of the a Couva educational institution in Central Trinidad, was due to appear before a magistrate on Friday charged with the unlawful killing of a two-year-old pupil, earlier this year.

Alicia Bharath has been charged with manslaughter in the death of two-year-old Romelu Drakes, which occurred on March 16, this year.

Police said that they had received advice from the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Joan Honore-Paul, to file the charges against the principal.

Romelu fell into a pool on the compound of the institution on March 16. He was taken out of the pool, but attempts to revive him proved futile and he was pronounced dead at the Couva Health Facility. A post-mortem revealed that he died from drowning.

An investigation was launched into the incident and the suspect was arrested at her home on Wednesday.

The police statement said that the charge against Bharath was laid on Friday.