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A home­less woman who was beat­en, im­pris­oned and raped for al­leged­ly steal­ing a cell­phone had to be hos­pi­talised fol­low­ing an in­ci­dent on Mon­day (Car­ni­val Mon­day).

Po­lice said the 29-year-old of no fixed place of abode re­port­ed to of­fi­cers that whilst at the George Street Plan­nings in Port-of-Spain on Feb­ru­ary 16, she was ac­cused of theft and whipped on her back by a man known as “The Boss.”

The vic­tim claimed she was lat­er locked in a room and pre­vent­ed from leav­ing.