Police believe that the 25 year old suspect, who raped a 7 year old girl last weekend, was drunk and not in the right state of mind when he committed the crime.

Police confirm that the man came down to sell yaqona in the weekend before he went and drank beer.

Meanwhile, Navua police are waiting for the girl to recover to confirm the identity of the rapist.

The victim was sleeping with her 2 younger brothers and her elder sister, when a man walked into the house, carried her 200 meters away from the house and raped her.

Both her parents had gone to church and when they came back home just after midnight, they could not locate the girl. They found the girl after a search was conducted.