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Rupununi businessman experiences embarrassing episode

Jun 17, 2012 News

…affects his domestic life

John Macedo, the Rupununi businessman who transported a schoolgirl to school and ended up being arrested for having sex with the girl, has described the episode as a case of character assassination. He said that he has been a member of the Rupununi Chamber for more than a decade and during that period he has attracted envy and hostility in some parts of the community.
He was responsible for upgrading the Rupununi Rodeo to the international spectacle it now is.
The situation with the schoolgirl occurred last month during a rainy spell. As he tells it, the 17-year-old girl hailed Macedo for a ride to school about two miles away.
He stopped and offered the girl a ride.
Macedo said that the girl’s father reportedly saw when his daughter entered the vehicle and he reported to the police. The police records show that the father made a series of conflicting reports.
When questioned the first time he emphatically stated that there was no sex between Macedo and his daughter.
At the same time, the community was up in arms over the performance of the Neighbourhood Democratic Council. Some felt that Macedo was one of the people lobbying for the NDC to be replaced by an interim management committee.
This may have sparked the allegation that he had sex with the girl. Macedo said that some prominent people must have leaned on the father because the man returned to the police station one week later to say that his daughter had informed him that there was sex between her and Macedo.
However, the confrontation between the police, the girl and Macedo highlighted the earlier report which said that there was no sex and the present report that ran contrary to what went on before.
This time, when questioned, the girl said that there was no rape, that the sex was consensual.
Macedo is insisting that there was no sex.
Kaieteur News apologises to Mr. John Macedo for any embarrassment caused.

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