AFC member charged for sexual assault on minor
Written by Telesha Persaud
Friday, 29 June 2012 22:37
Source - Guyana Chronicle
ALLIANCE For Change (AFC) activist Patrick Roberts was yesterday charged with sexual assault of a minor, and is due to make a court appearance on Tuesday. He remains, meanwhile, at the Grove Police Station lockup, East Bank Demerara.
Patrick Roberts
Roberts also holds the post of disciplinarian at the Institute of Professional Education (IPE), at Grove Market Street. He was once Vice Chairman of the Grove Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), and is currently the Chairman of the Grove Community Policing Group.
He reportedly carried out the alleged offence on a 15-year-old student of the school last Thursday. The girl turned up in uniform at the station yesterday afternoon, with her father in attendance; and they both spoke to this publication as Roberts remained seated ‘on the bench,’ in the station.
“This teacher tried to get at my daughter,” the father said, adding that he was asked to turn up at the Brickdam Police Station today.
The girl said that, last Wednesday, Roberts told her to collect his telephone number, and asked her to call him at 8:00pm, not later or sooner, and told her not to tell anyone about that.
On the following day, “He came up to me and was pushing his hands towards me. A girl sitting in front of me asked him why he was going to touch me, and told him he was always touching at somebody’s girl child. He asked her, ‘like you want I touch you’,” the girl said.
Asked if she was actually touched by Roberts, the girl responded: “Many times. He always rubbing your hand or holding your hands.”
The father rejoined that his wife called Roberts, who apologized to her, but asked her why her daughter took the number in the first place. The father believes that this question by Roberts showed that he had some kind of ulterior motive in giving his child the number.
He alleged that Roberts told a 17-year-old friend of his daughter, who is also a student at IPE, that he wanted to perform oral sex on her, but the child was too afraid to come forward.
The father also lodged a report with the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, which he said would proceed with the matter based on what transpired at the station.
I will spare the rod.
