Resort Owner Charged with Rape

Wilfred Pascascio

The fifty-three-year-old owner of a popular resort off the coast of Dangriga has been hit with a rape charge. Police say that Wilfred Pascascio, the proprietor of Yok Ha resort on Waterfoot Caye, allegedly raped an eighteen-year-old female earlier this week. Senior Superintendent Hilbert Romero tells us more.

Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch

“Monday, the thirteenth of January 2020, an eighteen-year-old female reported that while at a resort in the Stann Creek District, she was allegedly raped by the owner of that resort. As a result, police conducted a thorough investigation and have now since arrested and charged fifty-three-year-old Belizean businessman Wilfred Pascascio of Stann Creek for the crime of rape.”