Teen girl sent to holding centre after days in lock-ups

The 13-year-old who was held in the Bartica Police Station lock-ups, after being charged with wandering, was further remanded yesterday but sent to the Juvenile Holding Centre in Georgetown.

The girl, who has been having sex with a man in his 20s since she was 12, was formally charged on Wednesday and she was remanded.

However, she had been kept in the lock-ups since her arrest