Girl, 14, raped in Morvant

DETECTIVES from the Morvant Criminal Investigations Department were up to late evening searching for a man who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl on Wednesday.

Reports are that around 4 pm, the girl went to a house in Morvant to meet a man she knows. She did not meet the man and police said the girl stood up in front of house and asked for her friend. Police sources said the girl was told that her male friend was not there. Another man came out and grabbed the girl, pulled her into an abandoned house and had sexual intercourse with her. The girl, together with a relative, made a report to the Morvant CID after which PCs Wilkinson and Ramsook visited the scene. The girl was medically examined by a District Medical Officer and up to late evening, police had not arrested the alleged rapist. PC Ramsook is continuing investigations.