Crime

Suspect Released on Bail for Alleged Torture and Kidnap is Said to Have Brutally Assaulted Ex-Girlfriend

ST. CROIX — A man already facing trial for kidnapping and torturing one woman is now accused of beating up his children’s mother and forcing her into the cistern in his house, with new details of the previously reported matter emerging in court documents. Last Monday, a woman walked into the Wilbur H. Francis Command police station to make a report against the father of her children, Marc Anthony Hosein.  She told police that a long-term relationship with Hosein had ended about two years ago. However, she visited his home recently because he asked to see her. She left her home between 11:00 p.m. and midnight that day, but when she arrived at Hosein’s residence, he was upset because she arrived outside of the expected timeframe.  Crying, the woman recounted how the father of her children began to assault her, hitting her in the face and about the head. This was not unusual, she told police, saying that physical and verbal assaults were a common result of Hosein not getting his way. A...