Rapist Escapes Detention
By: B. Davies
Forum
Monrovia, Liberia
Distributed by
The Perspective
Atlanta, Georgia
According to the residents in the area, the suspect reportedly escaped while in the hands of the bailiff of Paynesville Magisterial Court.
Narrating her daughter’s ordeal to The FORUM reporter, Ms. Zinab Gibson said, the victim was lured into the accused room with the pretext of sending her to buy bread for him. She said the little girl and her elder sister entered in the accused room but sent the elder sister Massah with L$20 to buy another bread.
In the interim, the aggrieved mother said, Joseph Nuraku undressed the victim and forcefully raped her as she helplessly screamed for rescue.
According to the little girl, there were other four Nigerians who left
the room as soon as they (girls) entered.
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The girl who was in tears, said she informed her grandmother who later narrated
the unfortunate incident to the girl’s mother.
The furious-looking parents said when Joseph was approached on the issue, he admitted and pleaded for mercy but the parents refused and called in the police from Zone #5 who subsequently arrested and detained him until Wednesday, August 23.
According to them, the man was transferred to the Paynesville Magisterial
Court for prosecution.
For his part, Judge Joseph Doe said after the accused first appearance,
a commitment was made for the alleged rapist to be transferred to South
Beach Prison Compound with the aide of Bailiff Henry Doekakeh.
Accordingly, it was within that time the suspect mysteriously escaped though
he was hand-cuffed together with another suspect.
The mother of the girl also alleged that while they were leaving the Paynesville
Town Hall, some Nigerians who earlier accompanied the accused were overheard
demanding from the security officers the sum of US$380 which they claimed
to have bribed them for their brother’s release but was still at large.
When contacted, both the police commander at Zone 3 and Magistrate Doe denied
receiving any money.
Meanwhile, suspect Nuraku is said to be still at large but a close friend
of his, Nycienk C. Obiora, has been picked up by police for obstructing
government’s function when officers of Zone 3 went to effect a re-arrest
warrant for accused Joseph Nuraku.
Medical report has revealed that the little girl sustained laceration, abrasion and bruises on her private part.
In another development, an 11-year-old girl named also withheld of Old Road, was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old man named Edwin Kweya on July 27th at the Sophie’s Ice Cream Community in Sinkor.