Lake Independence woman attacked in home

Turning to a constant in the newscast; violence. There was another home invasion early this morning in Belize City. A man reportedly entered the home of a fifty-two year old woman and viciously assaulted her. The woman was beaten on the head and face with a piece of wood and then she was sexually assaulted. She is hospitalized, recovering from two broken arms. The attack happened inside a small plywood structure in the Lake Independence area sometime after three this morning, and her attacker was reportedly someone she knew. A man who later assisted her to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital told us how he found her.

Voice of Rescuer
“This morning I come yah because we di mek funeral arrangements fi one ah my uncle weh dead. Bout seven-thirty I reach yah and I meet dis lady yah, I noh know di lady and she noh know me. I come and I meet di lady di sit down yah pan dis bench yah di bleed wid wah big buss eena ih head, ih two hand dehn swell up, di lady barely cud move and di lady mi lee intoxicated too soh ih mi kinda di goh on stubborn fi goh dah hospital. But still I tek it mek mi business because dah wah ageable person and I gone, get wah taxi from Mahogany Street, bring di taxi, put ah eena di taxi and I ker ah dah hospital. Because ah di situation ah weh di lady mi deh, I couldn’t lef di lady di bleed and I couldn’t because everybody di tell ah fi goh and she di seh no. I had to mi force ah fi gone.”

Marion Ali
“What did she tell you – who did this to her?”

Voice of Rescuer
“All weh ih seh dah wah young boy weh ih know. She noh tell me if ih broke in deh. She only tell me dat di person gone in deh, hold ah down and beat up ah, whap ah wid wah two by four. She seh ih gone wid ih money, ih gone wid different ah ting.”

A family who lives at the front of the yard told News Five they heard nothing. The victim is said to be suffering from severe trauma.