THE office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) is awaiting the return of the file on the two policemen accused of raping a Sophia woman at the Turkeyen Police Station on New Year’s Day.

The men were transferred to the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) where they remain under close arrest until legal advice is received.
The DPP’s office has confirmed that it had received the file, and having perused it, it was sent it back to the police for them to conduct further investigations.
A copy was also forwarded to the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) which is also conducting an investigation.

Commander of ‘C’ Division (East Coast Demerara), Senior Superintendent Calvin Brutus, on Monday acknowledged that the file was returned to the police for additional information, and that upon completion it would be returned to the DPP.

Detailing the circumstances leading up to the alleged rape, the woman said that she was selling at Sophia, a few blocks from her home, when some persons who were playing with squibs tossed one in the direction of her business place and it exploded in her son’s face.
She said that she left her business and went to the station to make a report and after doing so she requested to use the washroom facilities.

According to her, a rank indicated that the washroom in the lower flat of the building was not working and so she was escorted to the upper flat by another policeman, who pointed her in the direction of the washroom area, where she was later raped.
The woman had told the Guyana Chronicle that it was the first time that she’d ever seen the two ranks who allegedly raped her. She said the policemen took turns and when they were done, they both ran out of the room.
The woman said that after sorting herself out, she ventured onto the lower flat of the building, went to the police corporal on duty and told him what had transpired.
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