San Pedro Police Investigate Rape of a Child
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Channel: Greater Belize Media | GBM · 2018 · News & Politics
For the latest news across Belize, visit: http://edition.channel5belize.com/ A thirty-one-year-old Salvadoran national is accused of raping his five-year-old step-daughter on Monday night while she was left with him at their house in San Pedro. The step father was arraigned today in Belize City before Magistrate Emerson Banner who told him that no plea will be taken because the offence is of an indictable nature. No bail was offered and the stepfather who has been living in Belize for about five months was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until December tenth. The mother of the child had stepped out of the house briefly when the heinous act took place. To add salt to the wounds, when the child was taken for medical attention there was no doctor available at the polyclinic. The following day, however, a medical examination was conducted on the five-year-old girl and it established that she had been carnally known. The step-father is facing the charge of ‘rape of a child’. To protect the girl, details of her identity and that of her family will not be disclosed. This morning, A.S.P. Alejandro Cowo detailed the disturbing incident.
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