By Langston Joe Wilson, Maryland County Correspondent
PLEEBO, Oct. 11 (LINA) – Police in Pleebo have charged and sent to court a 44 year-old man for allegedly raping an 11 year -old girl.
Suspect Elliot Cooper was charged with Statutory Rape and forwarded to the Pleebo City Magisterial Court on Thursday, October 7, 2021.
According to the head of the Women and Children Division of the Liberia National Police in Pleebo, D. Tarplah Karneh, suspect Cooper’s charges are in compliance with Section 14.70 of the new penal law of Liberia.
« Rape is defined under our penal code 14.70 and it is a felony of the first degree, » the police charge sheet indicates.
The incident, according to reports, occurred two weeks ago in a local village in Gbolobo, Pleebo Sodoken District, Maryland County.
The report quotes parents of the victim as saying: « Suspect Cooper had gone to spend a night with the family of the minor, but while everyone was asleep, he managed to find the victim’s bed and abused her.
Due to long distance and deplorable roads, family sources said they were unable to rush the victim to the health center for immediate medical treatment, neither to the police station for investigation.
Medical records, however, confirmed that the minor was tempered with, and sustained injury in her private part.
Meanwhile, investigation continues…
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