The man who reportedly sexually molested a nine-year-old relative almost four months ago in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) remains on the run, but the Police are soon to issue a wanted bulletin for his arrest.
Region 10 Police Commander, Superintendent Hugh Winter
This is according to Region 10 Police Commander, Superintendent Hugh Winter, who told Guyana Times on Wednesday that his ranks have been unsuccessful in locating the suspect despite repeated checks at his residence.
Police launched a manhunt for the suspect in December after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recommended charges be instituted for the crime.
Commander Winter stated that the advice from the Office of the DPP was to haul the suspect, who is in his 60s, before the courts to face the charge of rape of a child under the age of 16 earlier this month.
However, according to residents in the area, since the man had been placed on station bail in October 2019, they had not seen him.
As such, Acting Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent Michael Kingston was apprised of the situation.
The suspect reportedly sexually molested the child twice during a weekend visit to her paternal relatives in the month of September.
Reports are that the child left her mother’s residence on September 27, 2019 to spend the weekend with some relatives in the mining town and returned home on September 29, 2019 in a withdrawn state.
The little girl when questioned told her maternal aunt and other relatives about what had happened.
The child’s grandmother had stated that the man took her granddaughter along with his two grandchildren to “Blue Water Lake” and a creek in “Buck Town” under the pretence of teaching them to swim.
However, he allegedly did much more to the nine-year-old, touching her private parts inappropriately despite the child begging him to stop. The man then allegedly processed to insert his finger into the young girl’s vagina while rubbing his penis against her butt.
According to the child’s maternal grandmother, a report was made to the Police and a physical examination was conducted on the nine-year-old.
The results revealed that she had been sexually violated.
