Man to stand trial for allegedly raping four-year-old granddaughter
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Man to stand trial for allegedly raping four-year-old granddaughter
PORT MORESBY: A man was committed to stand trial in the National
Court for allegedly raping his four-year-old granddaughter in Port Moresby
about a year ago.
Waigani committal court magistrate Billy Pidu said the
evidence before the court was sufficient to commit the grandfather from Ihu’s
Paivera village in Gulf to stand trial in the National Court.
He said the use of any object to sexually penetrate a
girl or woman was regarded as rape.
Details of the court proceedings were reported by The National:
Grandpa on
trial for alleged rape
January 27, 2022The
NationalMain Stories
A MAN was committed to stand trial in
the National Court for allegedly raping his four-year-old granddaughter in Port
Moresby about a year ago.
Waigani committal court magistrate Billy Pidu said the evidence before the
court was sufficient to commit the grandfather from Ihu’s Paivera village in
Gulf to stand trial in the National Court.
He said the use of any object to sexually penetrate a girl or woman was
regarded as rape.
“I also took into consideration that offences involving minors in such case
will not be able to be brought into court to give their story,” he added.
Pidu made the ruling after considering submissions from the defence lawyer from
the office of the public solicitor and the police prosecutor.
The grandfather is alleged to have between 5pm and 6am on Sept 24, 2020, in
Badili’s Talai settlement used his fingers to penetrate his granddaughter.
His wife was sleeping when she was awakened by the girl’s cries and went to the
room to check.
She then asked her granddaughter why she was crying but she did not say
anything.
Two days later, the girl was bleeding heavily and was taken to the Port Moresby
General Hospital.
In the hospital, the girl told her elder sister that she was raped by her
grandfather and that he had sexually attacked her several times.
Pidu fixed Feb 2 for the grandfather’s section 96 statement.
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