A 38-year-old male teacher in Western Province has been arrested and remanded for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl.
The suspect was arrested by officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Gizo police on Friday 27 September 2024.
It was alleged the suspect raped this 17-year-old girl on three different occasions at the suspect’s house in Kolobangara island on the month of January 2024.
The victim is related to the suspect’s wife as first cousin sisters.
Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Western Province, Superintendent Wilken Miriki said, “The suspect threatened the victim not to tell anyone about what he did to her until the victim got pregnant.”
PPC Miriki said, “The suspect has been charged with eight (8) counts of; persistent sexual abuse of a child: contrary to section 142(2) and to be read with section 140 (1) (a) & (b) and section 140 (1) (a) & (b) of the penal code (Cap 26) as amended by the penal code (Amendment) (Sexual offences) Act 2016.”
Superintendent Miriki said, Saturday 28 September 2024, the suspect was remanded for 14 days at Gizo Correctional Facility and will appear for his trial on a later date.
- RSIPF
