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12-year-old mother wants to go back to school

Jun 08, 2012 News

 – stepfather remanded to prison

The 12-year-old girl, who reportedly gave birth to her stepfather’s son at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Thursday, May 31, via caesarian section, has been discharged along with her son, and both mother and baby are said to be in a stable condition.
The girl has decided that she wants to start afresh. Apart from the physical pain and agonizing memories of her stepfather touching her, the child is positive and ready to move on from the nightmare.
She wants to pursue her education and become a Teacher. When she returns to school in September, her mother will take care of the baby.
Speaking to Kaieteur News yesterday afternoon, the child’s mother said that she is awaiting her daughter’s National Grade six Assessment results before purchasing her school uniforms.
The child plans to enroll in whatever Secondary school her results permit, and work hard to get a good job and become a productive young lady.
As of now she is residing with her newborn at the home of her mother’s relatives in Cotton Field, West Coast Berbice.
They have been acting as her caretakers ever since she had been discharged.
Although her mother has to stay at their Rosignol, Berbice home to take care of her younger brother, the woman would visit her daughter every day.
The girl’s mother posited that she will never forgive the man who caused her daughter so much pain and hurt. She added that had she known, or had the slightest idea of what her reputed husband was doing to her daughter, the matter would not have escalated.
“A big, big person does can’t bear the pain of mekkin’ a baby, and that man mek me daughter face that pain. If she bin only tell me seh mommy this man ah do this to me, me woulda deal with he long. This thing wouldn’t ah get so big”, the irate mother said.
Initial reports are that the girl was being repeatedly raped by the man since she was10-years-old and became pregnant in August, 2011, shortly after her menstrual cycle began at age 11.
Kaieteur News understands that the culprit who hails from the North West District moved into the young girl’s Berbice home about two years ago. This is when the sexual abuse began.
A source had told this newspaper that the cane cutter would threaten to chop the child if she told anyone about the abuse.
This publication was made to understand that it was teachers at the girl’s Primary School who observed her being consistently nauseous during morning assemblies and informed the Schools’ Welfare Department.
Investigations began and in January, last, the child was taken to the Fort Wellington Hospital for a medical examination. There it was revealed that she was five months pregnant.
It was after being repeatedly questioned that the child broke down and attributed responsibility of her pregnancy to her stepfather, who later denied ever touching the girl inappropriately.
The perpetrator was remanded to prison, following investigations.

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