Relative arrested for allegedly raping 16-year-old girl

A 21-year-old man from Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) was on Thursday arrested after he was accused of raping a 16-year-old girl.
Based on reports received, the victim and suspect are related and were sexually involved and based on suspicions, the victim was questioned and confessed to being in a relationship.
A report was then made at the Lethem Police Station and the suspect was arrested and placed in custody. Investigations are ongoing. Over the past months there has been a number of reports of sexual abuse committed on children.
In fact, in the 2020 October assizes, 100 men were scheduled to face a judge and jury on a total of 178 counts of varying sexual offences committed against underage children.
It was reported that sexual offences including those committed against children and adults account for close to half of the 370 cases listed to be heard.
The sexual offences include carnal knowledge of a girl under 15 years, carnal knowledge of a girl under 12 years, buggery, rape, indecent assault of a male, sexual activity with a child family member, sexual activity with a child by abusing a position of trust, sexual assault and incest by a male.
In some cases, more than one person has been indicted for an offence. In other instances, an accused has been indicted for up to eight counts of rape of a child under 16 years.
As recent as June 2021, Police in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) had arrested a male suspect and were on the hunt for another in relation to the alleged rape committed on a 17-year-old girl.
The act was reportedly committed between April 1 and 30, 2021.
The teenage girl reportedly told detectives that sometime around the time mentioned, she was approached by the two suspects who were in a car. She was subsequently forcefully taken against her will to the home of one of the perpetrators.
There, they took turns having sex with her as they recorded the ordeal. The victim further alleged that the ordeal caused her to have a miscarriage. She nevertheless reported the incident to her relatives more than one month after the incident and as such, the Police were called in.
One of the suspects has been arrested and placed into custody while a manhunt is underway for the second. This comes on the heels of Police hunting for two brothers – one who allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl and the other for allegedly giving her pills to abort the child after she became pregnant.
On April 10, 2021, the girl, who is an orphan, left her home to attend bible classes at a church in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). The church is reportedly a 15-minute walk from her home.
However, reports stated that as she was on her way to the church, she was approached by one of the brothers who reportedly took her to a nearby busy track, where he had sex with her. Sometime after, the girl was given a pregnancy test by the suspect’s brother which confirmed that she was pregnant. He later gave the child abortion pills which caused her to have a miscarriage.
The matter was reported to the child’s guardian who later informed the Police. The two men remain on the run.