Justice is swift for Caye Caulker burglar

It is the kind of justice that has become all too rare in Belize. After all, it’s not every day that less than fifty-four hours after the commission of a crime the culprit is caught, charged, convicted, sentenced and serving time at her majesty’s hotel in Hattieville. On Sunday morning the caretaker of a Caye Caulker residence reported that the house had been broken into and a number of tools and personal items stolen. The police, aided by neighbours, managed to identify a suspect and recover all the hijacked stuff. On Tuesday that suspect, Caye Caulker resident Elias Pech, was arrested and charged with burglary, handling stolen property and a mischievous act–that act being the giving of a false name. Later that afternoon Pech had his day in court. He was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to five years in prison.