A public outreach by Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo led to the rescue of a 31– year–old woman, who was locked away by her mother for approximately 10 years in their Richmond, Essequibo Coast home.

The Prime Minister is part of a team from the Ministry of the Presidency currently in Essequibo conducting a public day, when the information was relayed to him by a concerned family friend. As such, the Prime Minister visited the Anna Regina Police Station, where a team along with an ambulance was mobilised.

Upon arriving at the Richmond house, the police found the woman locked away in a room, half – naked, lying on a wooden bed frame. There was a huge padlock on the door and the windows were barred.

The Guyana Chronicle, which was present on the scene, observed the room filled with human feces, urine, worms and garbage. The concerned family friend told the Prime Minister that the woman was once a top student with 13 Grade Ones.

She claims that the girl worked as a Nurse attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital and started dating a male, who is of African descent. According to the family friend, the mother did not approve of the relationship and decided to lock her away.

But the mother told a different story to reporters, noting that her child is mentally ill and she thought the best thing to do was to keep her inside the house.

The mother also claimed that she decided to lock the woman in the room after men would break into the house and rape her daughter.

The woman was eventually taken from the house by the ambulance and admitted to a hospital. Investigations are ongoing.