Disabled man arrested for child molestation

Jun 26, 2016 News

Police have released on station bail, a Tapakuma man who is said to be confined to a wheelchair after reports of sexual assault on a seven-year-old relative was reported.
The man is said to be paralysed from below his waist. According to reports, he sexually assaulted his niece at their Tapakuma home, recently.
After the allegations were levelled against the wheelchair-bound man, detectives from the Anna Regina police station visited the Amerindian community and conducted their own investigations before apprehending the man and taking him into custody.
The child was in the care of her grandmother, who resides in the Pomeroon River, for some time prior to her moving with her parents in Tapakuma, an Amerindian community situated in the hinterland area on the Essequibo Coast.
Regular school attendance was one of the issues that saw the child being relocated with her parents at Tapakuma. However, in that household, there are other occupants which include, the wheelchair bound man who is a relative. The child’s two older stepbrothers also share the house.
The child was questioned by her mother in the presence of her grandmother. A medical examination was conducted and proved that the child was sexually molested.
The man is unable to walk due to his disability and as such a lot of persons have questioned if it was indeed him or one of the two other male relatives that share the same household.
At one time members of the welfare department had attempted to take away the child from her parents.

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