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Sulph Acquitted of Rape Charge
Tue, September 27, 2016
Three and a half years after he was accused of rape, community activist Moses Sulph, was acquitted this afternoon in the Belmopan Magistrate's Court.

Well today, he faced his accuser for the very last time, a woman from Belmopan who told police that he forced himself on her. After the many adjournments, he went back before Justice Antoinette Moore, who presided over the full criminal trial. After deliberating, the jurors returned a not-guilty verdict, allowing him to finally get free of the very serious charge.

Our news team was in Belmopan, and here's what he had to say about the weight of this accusation lifted off his shoulders:

Moses Sulph, Acquitted of rape
"First of all I would like to say thanks to God above all for delivering me from this case and my lawyer Mr. Leeroy Banner. I'd also like to say that I am happy that this ordeal is over, because I was innocent from the beginning and I am still innocent today. I thank God for showing that to the jurors. I would like to also say that I want to thank my family and all the Belizean people who had support me via text through the past year tell me to steadfast because they know I didn't commit this rape. I'm just glad it's over and I'm glad and finally I can make some future decision with my life, because it was like a cloak over me, a burden. I want to thank my lawyer Mr. Banner. He really help me through this case with his presentation and he never hassle me for all the money I have to pay to a lawyer. So, it show that he has a heart and I am really for that."

"Being an activist in this country, you make enemies for the right reasons sometimes. You might be against some issues with somebody and they become your enemy. Again, I can't reiterate how much I thank the jurors and I thank my lawyer and my family and my friends."

Sulph, as you heard in our interview, was represented by attorney Leeroy Banner.

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