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JP, woman in sex abuse probe released

Feb 25, 2009 News

Police have released the Justice of the Peace and the 28-year-old woman who were questioned last week about their alleged sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl.
The two were detained last week Wednesday but were released the following day.
It is unclear whether they will be charged, although a rank indicated that police may not have enough evidence to prosecute them.
Ranks from the Grove Police Station visited the JP’s East Bank Demerara home at around 13:00 hrs on Wednesday after being tipped off about the girl’s presence at his residence.
The JP, said to be in his fifties, and his alleged 28-year-old accomplice, were subsequently taken into custody after the girl was found there.
She was returned to her mother’s home after giving a statement to investigators.
Kaieteur News understands that the alleged victim underwent a medical examination which confirmed that she was sexually active.
According to police sources, the teen has alleged that the JP and the woman sexually abused her after giving her alcohol.
The alleged victim is from a single-parent home with seven children.
Neighbours of the family said that the teen seldom attends school and can be regularly seen soliciting money from men.
The teen had told Kaieteur News that both the JP and the woman occasionally gave her alcohol.
However, she said that that only the woman had sexually molested her.
The girl’s mother told Kaieteur News that her daughter met the JP several months ago while begging in the streets.
She claimed that the suspect “treated her like a daughter” and enrolled her in a private school.
The girl began to visit the man’s home.
The mother said that she began to have reservations about the friendship and told her daughter to stop visiting the man’s residence.
However, she said that the teen ignored her pleas and continued visiting the home.
According to residents who live near to the JP’s home, the teen began visiting the man’s residence sometime last year. They claimed that she, along with the other woman, eventually moved into the residence.
The residents claimed that they often observed the girl consuming alcohol with the two adults.
One woman claimed that the JP became abusive when she complained to him about the situation.
The woman also said that girl’s mother would occasionally turn up to plead with her daughter to return home.
However, she claimed that the JP would tell the mother to “leave them alone”.

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