By YOLANDE GYLES, Staff ReporterRAPED. A VICTIM of incest. Impregnated. This is the tale of a 13-year-old girl from St. Catherine.
The girl, who is now five-months pregnant, has one of her alleged rapists - a taxi-driver - before the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court.
Reports reaching THE STAR say that the girl was first raped when she was 12 years old. In that incident, it was alleged that she 'consented' to sexual intercourse with one male. However, he was joined by another male who raped her.
Shortly after, it was discovered that she was pregnant. The pregnancy was subsequently aborted. The men involved in that incident were never reported to the police. It is being alleged that the girl's mother did not want the police involved.
Pregnant again
Last year, the girl became pregnant again. It was then that the alleged relationship between the girl and the taxi driver was uncovered. This time, the matter was reported to the police and the cab driver subsequently arrested and charged.
However, reports have also surfaced that the girl was allegedly being molested by her step-father for several years.
When the alleged abuse was discovered, the step-father fled the home he shared with the girl and her mother. He still has not been held.
Persons close to the family are very worried for the girl. "Her life is being ruined because these dirty men keep taking advantage of her," said a family friend.
The girl, who has since moved out of the community and staying with family in rural Jamaica, is reportedly being counselled.
