This evening, 22 year old Jose Angel Novelo, a resident of Bahia Puesto Del Sol, Caye Caulker, was remanded to the Belize Central Prison after he was charged with ten counts of carnal knowledge in Magistrate's Court #4. It is alleged that he had numerous sexual encounters with a 14 year-old girl.
According to police, the child reported that Novelo had intercourse with her on ten separate occasions, dating back from April 5, of this year and as recently as December 8, last week Sunday.
Since the charge is an indictable one and will be heard in the Supreme Court, no pleas were taken from Novelo and neither could he be offered bail on the matter.
Novelo was then remanded by Magistrate Dale Cayetano, and he is due back in court on February 17, 2014.
