A Berbice man is now in police custody after he allegedly kidnapped a 17-year-old earlier in the week from West Canefield, East Canje, Berbice.
Police yesterday said that the abduction occurred sometime between the 17th and 19th of June. According to the police, the victim and the suspect, 21, were in a relationship for about one year and would often visit each other’s homes.
However, earlier in the week an argument ensued while the suspect was at the victim’s house. The suspect reportedly asked the victim to delete her Facebook page but she refused.
“The suspect then took away the victim’s cellular phone, broke it and threw it over a nearby fence” after which he then started to physically assault her and “took a knife from his bag and placed it to her neck while ordering her to exit her yard”, the police said.
The victim complied. “They joined a hire car but the victim alleges that all her silent signals to the driver went unheeded.”
The suspect then took her to his home and placed her in a room located on the lower flat of the building.
However, on June 19 after hearing some voices in the yard the victim managed to “brace the door open and run out into the yard screaming for help. The suspect upon seeing the scene and the alarmed faces, ran and made good his escape from the scene”, the police said.
As of yesterday afternoon the man remained in police custody assisting with the investigation.
