11-year-old sexually assaulted by stepfather

An Upper Berbice River, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) mother said she is helpless and can do nothing to protect her 11-year-old daughter from her husband, who is her child’s stepfather.
Reports reaching this publication indicated that the matter has been reported to the Kwakwani Police Station located several miles away but according to close associates of the family, no substantial investigation has been done.
Guyana Times understands that the matter was also reported to the village’s Toshao, however, since the stepfather is said to be a prominent figure in the community, no action was taken.
Meanwhile, a 14-year-old girl of the same community was also sexually molested by a young man, who had been working in the community for the past few months.
According to one source from the village, the teenager went missing after an evening last week and a search party was formed which went to the homes of a few young men in the village.
However, after contacting a businessman, he called his employee by phone and instructed him to bring the teenager back to the village.
Both the teenager and the young man have given different accounts of the entire incident. The girl has since implicated an 80-year-old man from the village for the rape.
However, the Police have reportedly not pursued an investigation.
The young lady, who has no biological parents in the village, has since been sent to another community to live with relatives.
Meanwhile, the Childcare and Protection Agency has since been contacted and is said to be investigating. (G4)