He's scaled the heights of national prominence as a community activist, but today Moses Sulph hit an all-time low when he was arraigned for rape. 7news was in Belmopan - and Daniel Ortiz reports:..
Daniel Ortiz reporting
36 year-old Moses Sulph walked the gauntlet to the Magistrate's Court today a very quiet and reserved man, a far cry from the firebrand activist we've all come to know.
He appeared before Magistrate Aretha Ford where he was read a charge for a single count of rape. His accuser alleges that on Tuesday, he forced her to have intercourse against her will.
The prosecutor had no objections to his bail, and asked the court to impose conditions. Magistrate Ford ordered that he must not interfere with the victim, and he must report to the Queen Street Police Station every Thursday. With that, she granted him bail of $5,000, which his associate, Hope Amadi, signed for him to be released.
When he was about to leave, we tried to speak to him, and he was uncharacteristically terse:
Daniel Ortiz
"Mr. Sulph sir, we know you as an activist and as a very good man of integrity. How are these allegations being made against you?"
Moses Sulph - On Bail For Rape
"I can't comment at this time. However I will seek the advice of my attorney in order to send out a press release very soon."
He got into this van with his friends and drove away, no doubt relieved to be free to move after being detained since yesterday.
According to reports, Sulph and the 26 year old female were friends. She claims they met at a Belmopan residence arranged by Sulph during the daytime hours of Tuesday when he is alleged to have raped her. While she says she was raped, the 36 year old Sulph maintains that their relations were consensual.
In 2011 in Belize City, Sulph was charged with harming a woman - but the charge was later dismissed.
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