Monrovia-The Liberia National Police has sent to court a 34 year old Woman for allegedly beating her 6 year old daughter in the Peace Island Community, Congo town.
By Trokon Freeman-www.trokonfreeman@gmail.com
Police Spokesman, Moses Carter said police investigation has established that Mary Seton broke little Madia Garplah’s left hand, left leg and burst one of her eyes in the process.
Carter said details of the probe will be released to the press soon.
The news of little Mardea’s death shocked residents of the community as dozens of people gathered in the community early Monday, July 2 as diverse versions of her ordeal spread across the area.
Some youths, carrying photo of her corpse, staged a protest at the entrance of the community. They were seen sharing the photos with passersby while trying to spread news of her gruesome death.
According to some residents of the area, the late Mardea was a victim of constant domestic violence allegedly perpetrated by her guardian identified as Mary Seaton.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, some of them explained that before the six-year-old demise, she was seen with several bruises on her body including on her hands, head and feet.
They claimed that she was always heard crying from the house at night.
According to them, her guardians accused her of being a witch who had come into their lives with bad luck and as the result, she was badly treated.
Another neighbor who was in close contact with the deceased and her guardian recalled how the guardian asked her to cure the little girl.
“One day in October last year, Mary (Seaton) brought her to us and told us to help cure her hand. She said the girl fell from a table and sprung her hand.
Domestic and sexual violence including beating and other forms of harmful punishments and rape are forms of abuses frequently perpetrated against children and young people in Liberia.
Most of the children who suffered from these forms of violence do not live with their parents as was in the case of little Mardea.
Generally, they are sent to relatives by their parents, who are considered poor and unable to cater to their children, from the rural parts of the country mainly to go to school in urban areas.
Unfortunately, most of these children end up living the worst experience of their short lives.
They are subjected to exploitation and various maltreatment from their foster families, with few or no protective mechanisms available to them.
At the same time, Mr. Carter said the LNP has launched an investigation into a July 1, 2018 Mob violence which resulted to the death of one person in Ganta, Nimba County.
The Police have also sent to court a 30 year old Man for allegedly duplicating flag receipts bearing the name of the Liberia Electricity Corporation.
