She’s 15, he’s 36; court says it’s Carnal Knowledge

Karel Galvez Sr.

A fifteen year old student of Belize City is claiming that her boyfriend, who is at least twenty years older than her, has been having sex with her since mid-October of this year and as recently as last week.   Today, thirty-six year old Karel Galvez Senior, of Jane Usher Boulevard was arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court on a single charge of unlawful carnal knowledge of the student. While Galvez was charged only with one count of unlawful carnal knowledge, the girl claims he had sex with her at least seven times at the house of a relative. Galvez has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison until January eighteenth 2013.  According to police, when they received information, they visited with the young girl and her mother was taken into custody after which she made a report.  An examination has been conducted on the child and confirms that she is carnally known.