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Accused child molester snatches victim from child care workers

Oct 29, 2011 News

-agency unhappy stronger message not sent by authorities

The Child Care and Protection Agency has lashed out at the police over a recent incident in which a man fingered in a sexual molestation case of a female child snatched her and allegedly used a weapon to threaten workers.
According to the agency yesterday, a report was received of a female child being sexually molested by her guardian and the police launched an investigation.
On the October 18, last, while the child was being interviewed at the agency’s West Demerara District Office, the alleged perpetrator stormed into the building.
He allegedly “threatened the female officers with a weapon and physically assaulted the male officer then snatched the child from the officers’ care and left,” the agency said in a release.
The matter was reported to the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station and the individual was arrested and charged with physical assault, two counts of threatening behaviour and removing a child from the care of the Child Care and Protection Agency.
He appeared in the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate Court and was placed on $30,000 bail.
“The demands of being a Child Protection Officer are great with daily threats to life and limb, a reality for every officer. We at the Child Care and Protection Agency demand more support from the police and the judicial system or else we will never be able to execute our duties of child protection officers.”
According to the agency, while it commended the police and court for expeditious action in the matter, an opportunity was missed to send a deterring message that society should not and will not tolerate attacks on public officers in the execution of their duties.
The agency is tasked with, among other things, monitoring complaints of abuse against minors. It is not unknown that quite a number of children found to be living in abusive situation being taken away from guardians and placed in the custody of the state.

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