Cop sacked for releasing rape suspect

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Cop sacked for releasing rape suspect

PORT MORESBY: A police constable was dismissed for allegedly releasing a rape suspect in cuistoday in Mt Hagen ealy this year.

The father of the 18-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by Indoch Dakta, 19, is now crying out for justice.

Details of the news break was reported by The National:

 

Sacked for releasing suspect

July 15, 2021The NationalMain Stories

By CHARLES MOI
and MIRIAM ZARRIGA
A POLICE constable has been dismissed for allegedly releasing a rape suspect in custody in Mt Hagen early this year, Western Highlands commander Chief Insp Jacob Kamiak says.
“Raymon Nelson has been dealt with administratively,” Chief Insp Kamiak said.
“Police will continue to look for the suspect who walked out of the police station lockup.”
The father, whose daughter was raped while on her way home from school in Western Highlands in 2019, has urged police to arrest the suspect.
The father told The National earlier that he wanted justice for his daughter.
He refused compensation because he wanted to teach people in the community that an offender should not buy himself out of a crime.
According to court documents, the 18-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly raped by Indoch Dakta, 19, from Waibip village, Tambul-Nebilyer in Western Highlands in 2019.
The girl was returning from school when Dakta allegedly attacked her at 3pm in Nebilyer’s Tempnga village.
Police said Dakta’s relatives caught him and handed him to the Mt Hagen police station the next day.
He was charged with rape and locked up, but later released.
He first appeared in court on Nov 29 for mention and his case was adjourned to Feb 5.
But he was released and did not appear in court.
On Feb 6, last year, Mt Hagen Committal Court Magistrate Jacinta Doa summoned an arresting officer to explain why he released a rape suspect in police custody.
According to the charge sheet dated April 1, last year, Nelson, 29, from Henganofi’s Kiviringka village in Eastern Highlands, is charged with perverting the course of justice by releasing Dakta from police custody.
But later last year, the Mt Hagen Committal Court dismissed the case against Nelson due to insufficient evidence.
On May 25, Chief Insp Kamiak directed the officer-in-charge of prosecution in Mt Hagen to reinstate the case against Dakta and have him arrested.
On May 27, internal affairs acting director Supt Emil Alpha, in a letter, advised the father that Nelson was no longer a member of the police force.
The father told The National that he would not stop until he gets justice for his daughter.

 

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