More charges added in Stann Creek incest case

We have another sexual assault on a minor to report. This time the victim is a fifteen year old Belize City girl who told police that in December she went to visit her aunt in a Belize District village. Although her aunt was not home at the time, her common-law husband was … and he engaged in sex with the teenager. The man is being sought by police.

In related news, police in Dangriga have laid additional charges against the thirty-eight year old Stann Creek District man already accused of sexually assaulting his daughters, age eight and ten. The previous charges of Incest, Grievous Harm and Indecent Assault have been supplemented by another count of Incest and the commission of an Unnatural Crime. It is unfortunate that guidelines implemented to protect the victims of these types of crimes prevent us from naming or showing the picture of the alleged perpetrator. This will hold true even if the defendant is ultimately convicted and sentenced.