Rhondor Dowlat-Rostant
Police are probing the alleged kidnapping, robbery and rape of a 22-year-old Venezuelan woman on Tuesday night.
The woman was allegedly taken to an abandoned shack located in the Heights of Aripo, where she was assaulted.
According to a police report, the victim boarded a white Nissan Tiida at Hollis Avenue, Arima, at 7.38 pm.
At the time, the vehicle was occupied by the driver—a slim built man of African descent, dark brown in complexion with a goatee beard, plaited hairstyle and approximately six feet tall—, and a female front seat passenger of African descent, fair in complexion, slim built, with orange-colour hair. Police said shortly after, a male and female passenger entered the vehicle and the driver drove off.
The backseat female passenger was dropped off at La Chance Trace, O’Meara Road and the male passenger was dropped off in Samaroo Village.
The driver and the female front seat passenger then left with the victim. The driver then drove to the Malabar Industrial Estate, where he stopped near the Sherwin Williams compound. The driver then reclined his seat, held the Venezuelan woman against her will and demanded she hand over her cash and valuables. She handed over her handbag, which contained a Samsung A52 cellphone valued at $2,700, $12 cash and her immigration documents.
She was then taken to the Heights of Aripo against her will, where the driver stopped at an abandoned shack near the WASA pump station by the river. The driver took the woman into the shack and had sexual intercourse with her against her will. The female front seat passenger remained in the vehicle during this attack.
The victim remained in the abandoned shack until she heard the car drive off, then made her way to a house on the Aripo Road, from where police were contacted.
The victim was then taken to the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital where she was medically examined.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police at 999, 555, 800 TIPS or the TTPS App.
