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• 9-y-o plundered by seven males
By Carlalee Gowie
Staff Reporter
The case of a nine-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually abused captures the sexual plunder of young girls in several inner-city communities, based on Sunday Herald findings.
The police were probing a case against a 30-year-old man who allegedly raped the nine-year old girl from the Waterhouse area of Kingston, when they found out that six other males, including a 12-year-old boy, had been having sex with the girl. She is now in the custody of the state.
The 30-year-old accused rapist is still on the run and police have arrested two of the other alleged perpetrators, the 12-year-old and another who is over 50 years old.
The Sunday Herald also understands that one of the alleged rapists died of a reported heart attack shortly after one of his encounters with the child.
The 12-year-old accused was given bail at a sum of $30,000. Information reaching the court is that the female child, who was used as a sex machine, was paid for her services. This was while she lived with her mother.
Reports were that the mother, who has three other children, has fled the community for fear of her life. It was not clear if she knew what was happening to her child. Some residents claimed that she fled out of fear, since some of the men implicated in the mass sexual abuse were known enforcers in the area. The whereabouts of the child’s father was not ascertained.
Sherine Cole*, who made it from the bowels of a tough inner-city community where raping young girls has become a formality, has vivid memories of what happened to a member of her family. Now living in upper St. Andrew, she recalled the story of her cousin who has been left physically deformed after she was raped by a member of the community when she was just 11 years old.
“Right now she mash up for life. She can’t have children.
The lady who found the child after she was ravished cried uncontrollably after discovering what had happened,” Cole said. She expressed disgust at the situation, which she said was blighting the future of several young girls.
“The man them suppose to leave the little girl them in the neighbourhood and make them grow up and make something of themselves,” a disturbed Cole said.
The crime was reported to the police, but the alleged accused fled overseas. He was later deported back to Jamaica and is now living somewhere in St. Catherine, reportedly free as a bird
“How can a wanted man come through immigration and you don’t know he is wanted?” Cole questioned.
Cole contended that the police knew where the man was, but said she was not aware of why he was not arrested. She now believes that it is useless to report the incidents of rape to the police, as their inaction only puts victims in danger.
“You can’t tell the police anything because they take money from the men and nothing come out of it. This connection thing a mash up the system,” she said.
Apart from alleged corruption and tardiness by the police, there were several unreported cases which victims and their relatives attributed to fear. The mother of one victim told the Sunday Herald that sometimes sexual abuse of young girls were not reported due to fear.
In many cases, victims are gang raped and threatened, which heightens the fear factor among family members and other civic-minded residents who live in the community, who could become easy targets for criminals.
The police have also expressed concern that several of these crimes against girls in the inner-city were not reported. Last year the police recorded 708 cases of rape. In 2005, 367 children were raped and 346 carnal abuse cases were recorded, according to the UNICEF report. The report indicated that based on a poll, only 20 per cent of the cases of rape were reported. This means that as many as 1,800 children could have been raped that year. In fact, one police source supported UNICEF’s claims, pointing out that the number of rapes recorded each year was far less than the actual number of victims.
There were also indications that boys were being raped, although this was not captured in official data.
“Even the little boys them a get rape,” said one woman from an inner-city community in Kingston. One woman from the Waterhouse area said that men from a neighbouring community raped her brother when he was 13 years old. The woman said her brother was taunted and nicknamed ‘rape bait’.
This, she said, had forced many male rape victims into silence, since they could be ridiculed.
Fear of being killed or socially isolated has led several residents to conclude that it was better for male raped victims to remain silent and try and get out, instead of reporting the matter to the police in order for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
*Name changed
By Carlalee Gowie
Staff Reporter
The case of a nine-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually abused captures the sexual plunder of young girls in several inner-city communities, based on Sunday Herald findings.
The police were probing a case against a 30-year-old man who allegedly raped the nine-year old girl from the Waterhouse area of Kingston, when they found out that six other males, including a 12-year-old boy, had been having sex with the girl. She is now in the custody of the state.
The 30-year-old accused rapist is still on the run and police have arrested two of the other alleged perpetrators, the 12-year-old and another who is over 50 years old.
The Sunday Herald also understands that one of the alleged rapists died of a reported heart attack shortly after one of his encounters with the child.
The 12-year-old accused was given bail at a sum of $30,000. Information reaching the court is that the female child, who was used as a sex machine, was paid for her services. This was while she lived with her mother.
Reports were that the mother, who has three other children, has fled the community for fear of her life. It was not clear if she knew what was happening to her child. Some residents claimed that she fled out of fear, since some of the men implicated in the mass sexual abuse were known enforcers in the area. The whereabouts of the child’s father was not ascertained.
Sherine Cole*, who made it from the bowels of a tough inner-city community where raping young girls has become a formality, has vivid memories of what happened to a member of her family. Now living in upper St. Andrew, she recalled the story of her cousin who has been left physically deformed after she was raped by a member of the community when she was just 11 years old.
“Right now she mash up for life. She can’t have children.
The lady who found the child after she was ravished cried uncontrollably after discovering what had happened,” Cole said. She expressed disgust at the situation, which she said was blighting the future of several young girls.
“The man them suppose to leave the little girl them in the neighbourhood and make them grow up and make something of themselves,” a disturbed Cole said.
The crime was reported to the police, but the alleged accused fled overseas. He was later deported back to Jamaica and is now living somewhere in St. Catherine, reportedly free as a bird
“How can a wanted man come through immigration and you don’t know he is wanted?” Cole questioned.
Cole contended that the police knew where the man was, but said she was not aware of why he was not arrested. She now believes that it is useless to report the incidents of rape to the police, as their inaction only puts victims in danger.
“You can’t tell the police anything because they take money from the men and nothing come out of it. This connection thing a mash up the system,” she said.
Apart from alleged corruption and tardiness by the police, there were several unreported cases which victims and their relatives attributed to fear. The mother of one victim told the Sunday Herald that sometimes sexual abuse of young girls were not reported due to fear.
In many cases, victims are gang raped and threatened, which heightens the fear factor among family members and other civic-minded residents who live in the community, who could become easy targets for criminals.
The police have also expressed concern that several of these crimes against girls in the inner-city were not reported. Last year the police recorded 708 cases of rape. In 2005, 367 children were raped and 346 carnal abuse cases were recorded, according to the UNICEF report. The report indicated that based on a poll, only 20 per cent of the cases of rape were reported. This means that as many as 1,800 children could have been raped that year. In fact, one police source supported UNICEF’s claims, pointing out that the number of rapes recorded each year was far less than the actual number of victims.
There were also indications that boys were being raped, although this was not captured in official data.
“Even the little boys them a get rape,” said one woman from an inner-city community in Kingston. One woman from the Waterhouse area said that men from a neighbouring community raped her brother when he was 13 years old. The woman said her brother was taunted and nicknamed ‘rape bait’.
This, she said, had forced many male rape victims into silence, since they could be ridiculed.
Fear of being killed or socially isolated has led several residents to conclude that it was better for male raped victims to remain silent and try and get out, instead of reporting the matter to the police in order for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
*Name changed
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