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Let not the Sexual Offences Act be another piece of paper sitting on the shelf

Apr 22, 2013 Letters

 

Dear Editor,
I was totally appalled and disgusted when  I opened the  Kaieteur Newspaper  dated Thursday 11th April 2013  and turned to  page two, which states “ Mother of 14-year-old rape victim speaks out”, about how her daughter was  raped by a  35-year-old man on Phagwah Day.
I am very upset that the doctor allegedly told this mother not to report the matter. It is so sad that we have a Sexual Offences Act which was passed in 2010 and is not yet implemented.  What is the use of the  Law when there is no justice? It is our duty to protect children and yet we are doing the opposite. Under the Sexual Offences Act 2010 Section 20 (1) (a) it is an offence to prevent a child from giving a statement to the police.
We are calling on the authorities to implement the Sexual Offences Act so that justice can be given to persons who are being raped.
In a separate incident reported in the Saturday 13 April 2013 edition of Kaieteur News, an 89-year-old  woman  was brutally raped and murdered at Cove and John Village, East Coast Demerara. To date, although the police have arrested several persons, nobody has been charged.
In closing, I would like to say that the police need to do a proper job of investigating, taking into account all of the evidence at the crime scene and not waiting a lengthy time (as was reported by the DPP in the Sunday edition of Stabroek News dated March 31 2013) before sending the files to the Director Of Public Prosecutions so that the persons committing these acts could be placed before the courts and their victims get justice for the crimes committed against them. I have gone to court with many survivors of rape and witnessed how the police dealt with matters and it is disgusting to see how long you have to wait to get justice for these persons.
Vanessa Ross
Red Thread

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