Pair deny public sex, child cruelty

NASSAU- A 49-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman face a child cruelty charge after they allegedly had sex in front of an eight-year-old girl.

Marvin Martin, of Peardale, and Carol Bowe, of Ida Street, denied charges of sex in a public place and cruelty to children at their arraignment yesterday.

Police allegedly caught the pair having sex in a car on Balfour Avenue on June 15. The child was in the vehicle.

Martin and Bowe pleaded not guilty. They were each granted $8,500 bail and return to court on September 1 for trial.