It is one of the most revolting cases we've ever reported, and police are tonight closely guarding details about the disturbing sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl in Belize City on Sunday. We do know that police have detained the girl's 28-year-old stepfather pending charges for raping and sodomizing her. Up to news time he had yet to be charged and as such police have not released his name. The little girl's mother told police that on Sunday she left her daughter home with the accused who is her common-law husband. The mother says that when she later returned home, her daughter was crying and indicated that the man left to take care of her, had hurt her. The child was taken to a doctor who confirmed that she had been subjected to vaginal and anal intercourse. Again, up to newstime the stepfather, who is the accused, was yet to be formally charged.

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