A man, Maurice Ngouloupe, 55, is currently languishing at the New-Bell prison in Douala, after he was arrested and charged with rape and attempted rape.

Maurice Ngouloupe was alleged to have raped an 8-year old girl at the Ndogsimbi quarters in Douala. He also allegedly attempted raping an 11-year old girl in the same neighbourhood.

Ngoulope was arrested and detained at the Gendarmerie Brigade in Mboppi, after the parents of the two rape victims reported the matter there. He was on Friday 5 September taken to the state prosecutor at the Douala High Court, who has placed him on preventive detention at the New-Bell prison, pending his eventual trial for rape and attempted rape.

According to gendarme sources, Ngouloupe, on 30 August 2014, saw the young girl Melina, 11, passing. He pretended to be ill and asked the girl to help buy drugs for him. When the unsuspecting girl heeded his plea, Ngouloupe searched his pockets and pretended to have forgotten the money in his house. He asked the girl to follow him to his house and collect the money.

Arriving at his house, he entered his room and later came out and closed the door. He then gripped the young girl and mounted on her. Unfortunately for him, the cries of the girl alerted neighbours who came in time to the girl’s rescue.

Whilst at the gendarmerie brigade another lady came complaining that the same man had raped her young daughter. Ngoundoupe admitted raping the child several times.

The young girl by name Francine is presently being treated at the Cite des Palmiers hospital in Douala.