A 54-year-old man who allegedly raped a 7-year-old girl in a school compound in Tailevu, has been remanded in custody by the Nausori Magistrates Court.

Serupepeli Bolalailai is charged with one count of rape.

He will appear in the Suva High Court on the 13th of November.

The alleged rape of the 7-year-old girl occurred on the 25th of October at the school compound.