A nine-year-old girl of Number 30 Village, West Coast Berbice was raped by a man who angry relatives say was on bail for raping another child. He has since gone into hiding.
The girl’s mother told this newspaper yesterday that the incident occurred after she left her with her great grandmother across the street on Wednesday night to attend a wake in the village.
She said she was supposed to have picked up the child and her 10-year-old brother after returning from the wake but because it was late she decided to leave them. The following morning at around 6.30 the girl ran home crying.
When she questioned her, the child related that the man who was involved in a relationship with a female relative had raped her.
The woman immediately ran over to her grandmother’s house and inquired about the man’s whereabouts.
The grandmother responded that the man had left without telling anyone anything. The mother then made a report to the Fort Wellington Police Station but by that time the man had already disappeared. The police
are still on the hunt for him.
Reports are that the man had been placed on bail for a charge of carnal knowledge of a 10-year-old child of Number 28 Village. The incident involving the nine-year-old took place the day after the man had appeared in court.
There are reports that the man had also raped and attempted to rape other children around the same age but those matters were said to have been settled out of court.
