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Battered woman accuses police of inaction

Aug 29, 2011 News

 

 

-fears jilted ex would make good on threat to kill her   

The apparent reluctance of the police to act is forcing a mother of four to live in constant fear of her ex-lover.
The woman, Roberta Lewis, said that her fears are compounded by the fact that the police seem to not be taking her matter seriously.
She stated that while she has been the victim of constant abuse, the situation has gotten worst within recent times.  The latest incident occurred on Thursday last, while she and her three children were asleep at Lot 121 Thomas Street, Kitty home. According to Lewis, they were awaken by the loud sounds of what appeared to be gunshots in front of her home around 01:00 hrs.
The woman said that she became afraid and slipped off her bed and crept to the window to see if she could get a glimpse of the shooter.
She explained that she slightly pulled the curtains and saw a man on a motorcycle in front of her house but could not identify the person.
However she had a strong suspicion that it was her former lover.
The man, while revving the throttle of the motorcycle, then raised something that appeared to be a gun and pointed it in the direction of Lewis’ bedroom window.
“Like he saw the window blind move, so he knew I was there. I grab my children and we all stood at the back door while I was trying to get on to the police. Then after I hear the gunshots.”
A distraught Lewis stated that moments after the shooting, she was unable to confirm whether the shooter was her ex.
The 34-year old woman said that she was forced to call the Kitty Police Station on two occasions before someone could come to her rescue.
She said that the police claimed that they could not do anything at the time since “it was too dark to do any investigation.”
Lewis told Kaieteur News that the abuse started a little over a week ago when she decided to end the relationship with the 20 year old man, whom she was involved with for some time.
She is convinced that the relationship went sour when she refused to give her young lover cash to purchase a motorcar.
Lewis also stated that she was granted a protection order by the magistrate but this seems to be of no use.
The young man in question was previously placed on $70,000 bail after he was charged with assaulting Lewis.
“De last time he beat me he bring his friend to hold me down and he beat me until he taught I was dead, I was begging for him to stop but he didn’t he just continued beating me for nothing at all.”
She said that on her last court appearance she wanted to explain to the Magistrate about the threats, since her former lover had issued them in front of the police at the Kitty Police Station.
Lewis stressed that she is frustrated since she believes that the man is capable of making good on his threat and judging from what transpired a few nights ago, her life has become a virtual nightmare.
She also stated that she does not want to be another statistics since murders are occurring at an alarming rate over the past few months and women are mostly the victims.

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