The CDC Apartment Building is located near the booths where a rape victim was found helpless early Thurs. morning. *SNO photo.
The rape of a woman in Castries city has incited a plea for heightened police patrols in the neighbourhood where the victim was found.
Cynthia, who resides in an apartment at the CDC Building, told the media on Thursday morning (May 15) that the rape incident has made her uneasy. She found out about the attack a little after 6 a.m. as she was leaving for work.
Cynthia said she saw police canvassing the area and clots of blood on the pavement near the booths.
“That was very sad and it is very dangerous for the people living in the CDCs’,” she added.
Stall owner, Beverly Thomas. *SNO photo.
Cynthia described the area as “dangerous” since she believes it is never advisable to walk there when the sun is down.
“In the day it’s very beautiful to walk that street, but in the nights it’s very horrible. I went to the station and asked them to get police to patrol and nothing has happened, and most of the street lights are not working,” she said.
“I am a mother, I have children and I feel very hurt inside. I cried this morning because that could happen to anyone of us,” she explained.
She claimed that the neighbourhood is known to have several criminals and young people indulging in illicit beaviour.
Meanwhile, the owner of booth 11, Beverly Thomas also implored for more police presence.
“Castries don’t see much police presence … in the evening sometimes I work late and you barely see any police men patrolling …We need more of that,” she said.
“I believe that people have to come together with the policemen, and the policemen likewise have to support the people so we have less of these things,” Thomas noted.