Disabled woman raped again
A man volunteering to clear the area of some of the overgrowth leading to the distressed family’s home
A man volunteering to clear the area of some of the overgrowth leading to the distressed family’s home

By Leroy Smith

AFTER giving birth to a baby boy whom she conceived by rape 11 years ago, a 50-year-old disabled woman on the lower East Bank of Demerara was reportedly raped again while she was alone in her mother’s home.The rapist, who fathered her child, was later shot and killed during a police operation.

This track leads to the family’s home
This track leads to the family’s home

Speaking with this publication at her home on Sunday morning, the woman’s mother, Sandra (not her real name), explained that she had left her disabled daughter at home alone while she visited her grandson’s other relatives. She goes there sometimes to charge her mobile telephone, as her house has been without electricity for many years.

While they were returning home through the bushy track leading to their home, they heard someone scrambling to leave the house. The person rushed through the front door of the house and disappeared among the surrounding trees and bushes. Realising that something was wrong, and given the first rape incident, the mother raced up the stairs, only to find her daughter bound at the feet, with her underwear below her knees.

The mother raised an alarm, and persons rushed to her assistance.
She explained to this publication that she was so emotional after seeing her disabled daughter in that position on Saturday that she could not have given the police a statement on the matter. She admitted that neither she nor her grandson had been able to get a look at the assailant who fled from their house.

The disabled woman had managed to go only as far as first form in school, because from the age of 14 she had developed a nerve problem, which has rendered her incapable of recognising anyone around her, and she has also lost her memory.

After giving birth to her now 11-year-old son, she was unable to name the child, and is not aware that the boy is her son, according to the medical advice that the family received.

The distraught mother explained to this publication that what is hurtful is that her daughter is disabled, and for someone to commit such a dreadful act on her would force anyone into a state of depression and cause them to contemplate “many things”.

The police at a nearby outpost were last evening informed of the incident, and residents are not pleased with the manner in which the police handled the situation.
However, when this publication contacted the police at Providence on Saturday evening, they said that they were not aware of the incident. It was later communicated that the police at this outpost had reported the matter directly to the Ruimveldt Police Station, since that is the station where ranks who deal with sexual offences are based.

When the Guyana Chronicle newspaper visited the location on Sunday, persons were volunteering to clear the bushes from around the woman’s home, and also to clear a tract leading to her house, so that persons passing on the main road in the community would be afforded a clear view of the home.

The police are continuing their investigations into this matter.

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