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Man Freed From Rape Charge After Two Years
posted (April 11, 2013)
23 Year-old Jesus Manuel Moroy, who has been on remand facing a rape charge for almost 2 years, was able to go home a free man yesterday when the complainant asked for no further court action.

Moroy, who was about to stand trial before Justice Herbert Lord in the Northern Sessions of the Supreme Court was called up for his case to start. When the victim was called to testify for the prosecution, she told the court that she no longer wanted any further court action. She explained that over that extended period of time, she has met people who helped her work through the trauma, and she's been able to attain a level of peace that the case would force her to disturb.

After hearing her statement, Justice Lord directed the sitting jury to find the defendant not guilty, setting him free of the charge.

According to the victim's report, Moroy forced her to have intercourse against her will while in the village of San Narciso, Corozal.

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