No charge seven months after rape of five-year-old

Seven months after a five-year-old girl of Canje, Berbice was removed from her home and brutally raped no one has been charged and the victim is still afraid of the dark, especially when she is left alone.

Apart from the fear, she is a lively child and appears to be coping well, her young parents who are hoping for her perpetrator(s) to be brought to justice, told Stabroek News. Around 11 pm on December 23 last year, the girl was snatched from her home with her blanket as she slept on a mattress on the floor. She was later found raped.

A number of persons, including close relatives of the girl, were taken into custody but were released without charge. The parents were told that the police needed time to conduct their