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Ex-Soldier Sentenced for Molesting Young Girl
posted (April 4, 2006)

A disgraced former Belize Defense Force soldier who was convicted of molesting an 11-year-old girl will spend three years in jail for his crime. He is 62-year-old Emilio Blanco and he was convicted of aggravated assault and harm for fondling the girl who is 11 years and 8 months. The girl testified before a closed courtroom and told presiding Magistrate Sharon Frazer that on July 12th of 2003 she went to Blanco's house where he fondled her. Blanco testified in his defense and said he knew the girl but denied fondling her.

Magistrate Frazer sentenced Blanco to three years for aggarvated assault and one year for the harm. The sentences are to run concurrently so Blanco will spend three years in jail. For clarity we note that while Blanco is a former soldier, he was working as a handyman at the time of the alleged incident.

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