Horror in St.James! 8-y-o among five females brutally raped by gunmen
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

IRWIN, St James — An eight-year-old was among five females who were attacked and viciously raped by two gunmen in the community of Irwin on Monday night.
The young girl, according to a source, had to undergo emergency surgery yesterday as a result of the ordeal.
The ages of the other victims, the Jamaica Observer has learnt, are 14, 16, 23, and 28.
According to the police, the incident happened at approximately 10:00 pm when two men — one of whom was armed with a firearm — went to the house where the girl was with the four other females.
The heartless thugs gained access into the house after they held onto one of the occupants, through a window, and demanded that the door be opened.
All five were held at gunpoint, tied up and raped.
Police said the men also robbed the occupants of an undetermined sum of cash and other valuables before escaping.
The police have since launched an investigation into the horrific incident.
Last night, Superintendent Gladys Brown, who heads the Kingston and St Andrew branch of the Centre for the Investigation Of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), said she was shocked by the incident.
Although admitting that she had little information on the incident, she said it appeared a “deliberate act of violence to show power”.
“I am really wondering what is happening, I have never seen anything like this,” she told the Observer.
“It sounds like someone is flexing their muscles, so to speak, because that’s the most I can say as to what could have caused persons to brutalise women and children like that,” Brown added.
Opposition spokesperson on youth, sports, gender affairs, entertainment and culture, Olivia “Babsy’ Grange, described the incident “as one of the most shocking, horrific and despicable crimes committed against Jamaican women”.
According to Grange, “the crime is yet another example of the diminishing respect and love for women in the society, especially girls, when an eight-year-old can be so brutally abused and pregnant women are being killed by both criminals and those whom they expect to protect them.
“This latest act is also a glaring example of the breakdown of law and order in the country; and unless something is done, and done quickly, we will be facing another year of record murders and sexual crimes against women and children in the society,” she added.
Meanwhile, efforts by the Observer to contact Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna for comment were unsuccessful last night.

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A 27-year-old man from Seshanke area in Nkayi yesterday appeared before the courts for allegedly raping his 13-year-old niece before bribing her with two packets of biscuits and $5.

The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor, appeared before Nkayi magistrate Ndumo Masuku to answer to a charge of rape.

He was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody to October 8. The magistrate also advised him to apply to the High Court for bail.

Prosecutor Maxwell Hapanyengwi told the court that sometime this month, the man bought two vanilla cream biscuits in a bid to entice the victim. During the evening, the victim brought him supper in his bedroom hut.

The man allegedly asked to be intimate with the girl, but she refused. He reportedly forced her to lie down and raped her once. After the act, the man gave the girl biscuits and money before asking her not to tell anyone about the incident.

But the girl informed a member of the neighbourhood watch committee who arrested the man.

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A 27-year-old man from Seshanke area in Nkayi yesterday appeared before the courts for allegedly raping his 13-year-old niece before bribing her with two packets of biscuits and $5.

The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor, appeared before Nkayi magistrate Ndumo Masuku to answer to a charge of rape.

He was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody to October 8. The magistrate also advised him to apply to the High Court for bail.

Prosecutor Maxwell Hapanyengwi told the court that sometime this month, the man bought two vanilla cream biscuits in a bid to entice the victim. During the evening, the victim brought him supper in his bedroom hut.

The man allegedly asked to be intimate with the girl, but she refused. He reportedly forced her to lie down and raped her once. After the act, the man gave the girl biscuits and money before asking her not to tell anyone about the incident.

But the girl informed a member of the neighbourhood watch committee who arrested the man.

Psalm 98

1 Sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvelous things;
his right hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him.
2 The Lord has made his salvation known
and revealed his righteousness to the nations.
3 He has remembered his love
and his faithfulness to Israel;
all the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.
4 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth,
burst into jubilant song with music;
5 make music to the Lord with the harp,
with the harp and the sound of singing,
6 with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn—
shout for joy before the Lord, the King.
7 Let the sea resound, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it.
8 Let the rivers clap their hands,
let the mountains sing together for joy;
9 let them sing before the Lord,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples with equity.