A FEMALE health practitioner of the Georgetown Public Hospital could find herself on the other side of the law and also suffer sanctions by the Medical Council now that a tape has surfaced, allegedly with her negotiating a settlement with the mother of 14-year-old girl who was said to have been raped by a cop.The 14-year-old girl from the East Bank of Demerara was reportedly raped by a police rank from the Timehri Police Station after she showed up at his home seeking assistance and protection shortly after she had freed herself from a man who reportedly abducted her.
Yesterday, the Guyana Chronicle was reliably informed that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is indeed investigating both the matter of rape and abduction of the 14-year-old girl.
The young woman was reportedly abducted by a gold miner and after she managed to free herself, went to report the incident to the policeman whom she knows. The law-enforcement officer sought to comfort her and reportedly raped her in the process. The rank has been transferred from the Timehri Police Station to the Tactical Services Unit as the investigation is under way.
In a secret recording which was heard by this reporter, the health worker told the child’s mother that the policeman was her brother and that he has two children and a sick wife at home.
The woman could be heard telling the mother of the child that if she placed her brother in jail her daughter’s virginity would not come back, hence she should agree with the settlement.
The recording also contained sections with the health worker telling the mother that she should tell her daughter to go to the police and lie about the incident. She encouraged the woman to instruct her daughter to return to the police and tell them that she is a child and she made up the whole story about rape and that she was sorry and no longer “wanted a story.”
In the recording, the girl’s mother was advised to encourage the child to go to the police counsellor and tell her the same story, which is that the girl made up the entire rape allegation.
The mother of the child explained to this publication on Tuesday afternoon that she decided to record the woman from the inception because she became aware that the matter was moving very slowly and she suspected that something might be amiss.
The woman said that one week before the (alleged) rape, her daughter was a virgin when she was tested by doctors at the Police ‘A’ Division headquarters.
Asked what led to that testing, the mother explained that she had sent her daughter out and the child took an exceptionally long period on the road, which was not usual. She said that she just took precautions and took the child for a checkup. The police doctor confirmed that she was still a virgin.
It was the following week that the child was abducted by a miner. Police had picked up the miner and detained him and three others and it was during that investigation that the details came out about the child being raped.
When the police pressed the child for additional details she reportedly told them that she was raped by the police constable (name provided).
Contacted on Tuesday, the health worker was told of the allegations being made against her but quickly denied that she ever attempted to settle any matter with the mother of the child.
She was then informed of the recording. And immediately she stated that the mother of the child and her family had been trying to blackmail her and destroy her character. She further said that she would not comment further on the contents of the alleged recording until she sought advice.
When the Guyana Chronicle asked the mother of the child why she refused the settlement, she said that her concerns were more about the hurt that her child suffered. She said there was a point where the doctor even allowed her to call a figure and which she was assured would be paid.
But according to the distraught mother of the child, in years to come her daughter would never forgive her for putting money above her well-being.
On Tuesday a senior police source told this publication that if indeed the recording was available, then the doctor could find herself being charged for obstruction of justice.
The newspaper has also been informed that the matter is also engaging the attention of the Child Care and Protection Agency.

By Leroy Smith