[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n August this year the STAR reported on the shocking rape and impregnation of a 12-year old, allegedly by her mother’s boyfriend. Inexplicably the suspect escaped police custody but was found and has since been on remand at Bordelais.
This week there was another case of sexual molestation of a seven-year-old. Details are at this time sketchy but indications are that the child was raped after leaving her home for a short while. The man allegedly responsible is well known to the victim’s family—and is reportedly a relative of the man earlier cited.
He was arrested on 6th December following a report on November 24. On Monday he was remanded to the Bordelais Correctional Facility to await trial on a date not specified.
I spoke to an elderly member of the victim’s family who said she had not been able to eat for days after the incident. One person from her community, also a mother and family friend, was visibly affected by what had happened. “If she was my child, I would be the one in prison after I was finished with him.” The young victim lives with her mother, and several prearranged meetings with her failed to materialize.
In another case involving a minor, a man from the community of Des Barras was arrested in November and charged with buggery and gross indecency. He has since been released on $20,000 bail.
