A bench warrant was issued Friday morning after a teenage suspect accused of sexually assaulting a developmentally delayed girl failed to appear in court.
The warrant for Radcliffe Parchment, 19, was issued Friday morning. He is one of six men facing a list of charges related to the 12-year-old victim.
Investigators allege the girl was sexually assaulted several times between November 2005 and November 2006 at her mother's Toronto home. Officers believe the home in the Rexdale Blvd. and Hwy. 27 area was a safe house for drug dealers and users.
Police also allege the young girl was at times force-fed crack cocaine and other drugs.
The victim's 42-year-old mother also faces the rarely-used charge of corrupting children.
Identities for both the mother and child have not been released. The victim is now in the care of the Toronto Children's Aid Society and is receiving therapy for her ordeal.
In addition to Parchment, charges have been laid against:
- Harold Cover, 55, of Mississauga, Ont.;
- Radcliffe Parchment, 19, of Toronto;
- Muralee Balasubramaniam, 50, of no fixed address;
- Neil Rose, 44, of Brampton, Ont.;
- Dennis Guthrie, 52, of Whitby, Ont.; and
- Linton Lewis, 47, of Brampton, Ont.
Several of the accused are facing other charges, including sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching.
"It's certainly a situation that's very despicable when you look at the 12-year-old vulnerability of this girl," police Supt. Ron Taverner said Thursday.
"It's something I don't think many of us have seen in policing and many of us in the community are going to be, quite frankly, outraged at."
Police said more people could be charged in the case.
