A 29-year-old Ma­yaro labour­er will ap­pear be­fore a San­gre Grande mag­is­trate to­day to an­swer a charge of bes­tial­i­ty. Se­nior po­lice sources said the man was caught red-hand­ed around 10 pm on Thurs­day in a forest­ed area near his home. Po­lice said for sev­er­al weeks res­i­dents of Tham Trace in Ma­yaro com­plained of hear­ing strange nois­es com­ing from the area at night.

It is re­port­ed that a res­i­dent made a check on Thurs­day night and sub­se­quent­ly con­tact­ed the Ma­yaro Po­lice Sta­tion claim­ing he caught the man with a dog in the dense­ly forest­ed area. Po­lice swooped down lat­er that night and ar­rest­ed the man.

Po­lice said the dog was docile and did not re­sist them.

Vet­eri­nar­i­ans ad­vised in­ves­ti­ga­tors to take the an­i­mal to the Vet­eri­nary School in Mt Hope for tests. Af­ter an ex­am­i­na­tion it was put to sleep yes­ter­day. A charge of bes­tial­i­ty was laid on the sus­pect af­ter in­ter­ro­ga­tion late yes­ter­day evening. ASP Odette Lewis and Sgt Ma­habir of the East­ern Di­vi­sion in­ves­ti­gat­ed and laid the charges.