No evidence that suspect fled jurisdiction – Commander
Rape of 6-year-old granddaughter
As Police continue their hunt for a 54-year-old man who allegedly raped his six-year-old granddaughter, there is no evidence to support the theory that he fled the jurisdiction.
Police Commander of Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), Superintendent Yonette Stephen
This is according to Police Commander of Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), Superintendent Yonette Stephen, who told Guyana Times on Sunday that the police have not received any information about the man leaving the country to avoid justice being meted out.
She acknowledged that her ranks are actively in search of the man and have visited his home along with other locations he is said to frequent. To date, the police are unable to apprehend the alleged rapist.
It was reported that the suspect was watching pornographic videos when he committed the act on the child.
He was expected to make his court appearance earlier in the month after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recommended that charges be instituted.
The 54-year-old man was released on station bail after the matter was reported to the police by the child’s mother earlier in January.
Based on reports received, the child and her younger brother were left with their grandparent at Mahaicony, Region Five, after their father died about a year ago.
It was reported that the man was looking at pornographic videos as he allegedly sexually assaulted the child. Further, it was reported that it was a neighbour who heard the child pleading with her grandfather to stop that went to investigate.
The woman, upon peeking through a window, caught the man in the act as the child cried bitterly. The neighbour, according to reports, contacted the police and the man was arrested.
The mother of the six-year-old, who lives away from her children, reportedly received a telephone call from her mother notifying her that something was wrong with her child. She went to the house and the child reportedly told her mother that the man had interfered with her multiple times.
This publication understands that a medical examination was conducted on the six-year-old which proved that the child was molested.
