THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that a psychiatric evaluation be conducted on the 25-year-old Berbice mother who allegedly beat and dumped her six-year-old daughter in a swamp. The mother who resides at Goed Bananen Land, East Canje Berbice, reportedly confessed to the police that she used a two-foot long scantling and struck her six-year-old daughter about the body before dumping her in a swamp, some 500 feet behind their home on Sunday last. She was kept in police custody since Sunday and is expected to be placed on station bail after the 72-hour period elapses. District Six Commander, Jairam Ramlakhan, told the Guyana Chronicle that the evaluation is scheduled for Friday, and, based on the findings, the file will be returned to the DPP for legal advice.

Meanwhile, the father of the child stated that the little girl had, miraculously, regained consciousness and had been moved from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to the children ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital. “Is a miracle she is alive, thanks to the many prayers. She knows her name and her age. She remembers me and know that I am her father. She asks when she needs to use the washroom and stuff and can walk so the doctor said that they are all good signs and she can hopefully recover fully but we don’t want to pressure she cause she still weak and in pain,” the father said. He related that he will seek to have full custody of the child as he believed that if she is left in her mother’s care, her life would be in danger.

“She got three bus on she head back at least four inches each; she right eye top cut; she eyes swell up and can barely open; she face all swell up plus she get a gash on she elbow… I don’t want her around that environment cause I don’t want to wait for a next time. This whole thing open up me eye and I have to use this opportunity to protect my first born,” the father said. Since the incident, he has not spoken to the mother as he has been by his daughter’s side and is thankful for the many prayers and well wishes he has received. The hire car driver said he and the mother of his child separated some three years ago and he has visitation rights on Sundays. He would pick up his daughter and take her to meet her five-year-old sister on the Corentyne, where they would spend the day together.