TWO men accused of luring a 14 year-old girl into prostitution were yesterday remanded in custody when they appeared in the Kingston Criminal Court.

The men - Narcott Graham, 54, of 11 Deanery Terrace, Kingston 3, and Agon Stephens, 52, of 2D Love Street, Kingston 12 have both been charged with procuring a girl to become a prostitute; procuring a girl to leave her usual place of residence for her to frequent a hotel for the purposes of prostitution; conspiracy to procure a girl to become a prostitute; and benefiting from earnings of prostitution.

Both men yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The matter is scheduled to be heard again on June 6.
The court was told that the police, acting on information, went on a covert operation at the Hilton Hotel in New Kingston, where both men were arrested.

Both were caught, court documents said, selling a 14 year-old schoolgirl to an undercover US investigator, who was posing as a tourist, for US$400 for the purposes of prostitution. Arrangements, the court documents said, were also made to pay the girl another US$500 for other sexual services.

The men were subsequently arrested and charged.

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