AFTER evading the police for almost two weeks, the Linden taxi driver who was accused of raping a 12-year-old passenger on August 12, has turned himself over to the police.

The accused turned up at the Mackenzie Police Station with his lawyer on Tuesday and is expected to be charged and placed before the court early next week.

Recommendations for charges have been sent to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution and he was placed on $100,000 bail.

Parents of the child who was allegedly raped, expressed a sense of relief that the taxi driver will soon be charged since their daughter was experiencing a difficult time recovering mentally from the alleged act and felt that it might reoccur again knowing that the perpetrators was on the run. On Wednesday, the child identified the alleged rapist among 14 other persons.

According to a police report, on August 12, the incident allegedly took place approximately 22:30 hrs at the Kara Kara ‘Back Road’, a few minutes after the victim and her three friends joined the car to be taken to Amelia’s Ward, when the driver, who is known, dropped off three other girls and took her to the ‘Back Road’ and allegedly raped her.

The 12-year-old was taken to the police station and then to the Mackenzie Hospital, where a medical examination was done which proved that she was raped.