Almost two weeks after she was pummelled by her ex-boyfriend, a serving member of the Guyana Police Force, Alana Farley is yet to see the man charged and placed before the courts.
On August 5, 19-year-old Farley’s left jaw was left swollen to about the size of a mango after she alleged that the man had beaten her hours after she told him their relationship was over.
Stabroek News understands that hours after the matter was publicized in the August 7 edition of this newspaper the policeman, then a traffic cop, was removed from the Bartica Police Station and transferred to the Tactical Services Unit (TSU).
Farley admitted that some hours after reporting the matter to the police she had returned unknown to her relatives and indicated in a statement that she wanted “no further story.”
However, she later recanted and gave a new statement to the Officer-in-Charge at the station, who was not present when she first made the report, and he indicated that the matter would have been sent to Georgetown for advice.
However, the teenager has heard nothing further from the police and she is questioning whether the policeman would be placed before the court for what he did to her which not only caused injury but forced her to stay away from work for a few days.
Efforts to get a comment from the police prove futile.
Farley had said she was dragged down Golden Beach along Third Avenue in Bartica just around 9pm on August 5 by the traffic rank. He allegedly slapped and cuffed her about her body, hours after she told him that their relationship was over. He had followed her to the beach and dragged her away from a male she was conversing with before beating her.
She had said she was saved by a passing taxi driver who had stopped to render her assistance when the man had dragged her onto the roadway.
The young woman was upset that after reporting the matter the sergeant had reportedly informed her that he could not charge his colleague until he made contact with his superiors in Georgetown, since he is a police officer and not a civilian.
Farley said further that the sergeant had also told her that the young man she was with when the assault started and the taxi driver who rescued her needed to give statements or no charge could be instituted.
