A 28 year old man is now in police custody charged with child luring and child pornography on March 27, 2024, and April 6th, 2024.
Investigators found that two children under 14 years old were groomed and convinced to send explicit pictures and videos to a Snapchat account, and the said pictures and videos were then posted to a telegram group.
According to the Guyana Police Force, a file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice. Police said that on receipt of the legal advice was obtained from the DPP, and in the new week, the suspect Joshua Rambarran, will be charged as follows:
Distributing Child Pornography through a Computer System in contravention of Section 14(1)(b) contrary to Section 14 (4) (a) of the Cybercrime Act No. 16 of 2018: five (5) counts
Police in its statement reiterated that publishing Electronic Data that is obscene with intent to humiliate another person in contravention of Section 19(2)(a) contrary to Section 19 (5)(a) of the Cybercrime Act No. 16 of 2018.
Child luring, is contravention of Section 15(1)(a) of the Cybercrime Act 2018, contrary to section 15(4)(a) of the Cybercrime Act 2018.
While using a computer system to coerce, harass, intimidate, and humiliate a person, in contravention of section 19(1)(a) of the Cybercrime Act 2018, contrary to Section 19(5)(a) of the Cybercrime Act 2018
