A 36-year-old Jamaican landed in prison yesterday impregnating a 15-year-old girl and then trying to flee the country.

The man - who cannot be named for legal reasons - pleaded not guilty to two charges of unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl between the ages of 14 and 16 in Magistrates' Court.

The incidents were said to have occurred on May 8 and 12 of this year.

Crown counsel Oonagh Vaucrosson said Police had arrested the man earlier and told him to report back to the Police station at regular intervals, but he did not.

He was also told not to leave the jurisdiction, but Police became suspicious when he failed to report the the station as ordered and began monitoring the airport.

Police stopped the man when he was about to board a flight for Newark, New Jersey.

He was ultimately bound for Jamaica.

The accused, who resides on Cedar Avenue in Pembroke, is married to a Bermudian but has not been living with her for nine months.

The man was denied bail and sent to Prison to await his next court appearance in two weeks.