Schoolgirls kidnapped, taken to abandoned house

…Police arrest 3

Three men are in Police custody assisting with investigations into the kidnapping of two schoolgirls in New Amsterdam on Tuesday, but the relatives of one of the girls are of the view that the Police are condoning the crime by not arresting the driver and sending home one of the girls who claimed she is above the age of consent.
Reports are that the girls were on their way home from school on Tuesday afternoon when the incident occurred. According to reports, the black Toyota Allion pulled up alongside the two girls who were walking and after a brief moment, both the front door and back door of the car were opened and the girls were pulled into the vehicle.
Guyana Times understands that the girls put up some amount of resistance causing onlookers to become suspicious. The car was followed to an abandoned house at 36 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam where the girls were housed. Both the Police and a relative of one of the girls were contacted and within moments were at the scene.
The two Police Officers who were both armed with firearms were forced to call for backup after voices coming from within the building threaten to shoot the officers if they did not remove from in front of the door.
When the back-up came and the door was kicked open, three male adults and the two schoolgirls were found inside the building.
Meanwhile, as the Police were concentrating on the building, the driver of the car who is known to the Police and was waiting in the vehicle outside of the building, fled the scene with the car.
The three suspects were taken into custody and the girls to the New Amsterdam Hospital to be medically examined. It was then confirmed that no sexual activity occurred on Tuesday. It is believed that the quick response by the Police prevented either of the girls being injured.
The medical examination, however, revealed that both of the girls are sexually active.
At the hospital, one of the girls reportedly said she was 16 years old and above the age of consent.
At the Criminal Investigation Department at the Central Police Station, the girl continued her claims stating that she lived with a grandparent. She was asked to bring her guardian and a teenage girl turned up claiming that she was her cousin and the girl was released into the teenager’s custody.
“This is nonsense,” a relative of the other girl told this publication. “They did not even ask for any supporting documentation to verify her age. The incident happened when they were in school uniform, something is wrong,” the relative related.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the mother of the other girl was asked to produce documents to verify that she is indeed 14 years old. While the Police continue to investigate, the 14-year-old stated that she had sexual intercourse with one of the men on more than one occasion.
A relative told Guyana Times that the Police need to arrest the driver of the Allion who is an accessory to the crime. “He is part of it; he drove the vehicle and was the lookout. He is just as guilty.”
According to a source close to the investigation, the Police are not treating the driver as a suspect. Meanwhile, the source also said the allegedly 16-year-old has not provided any information to the Police that a crime was committed.
Eyewitnesses say the girls were in their school uniforms at the time they were pulled into the vehicle. The investigation continues.