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Man Charged For Un-natural Crime Against Girl
posted (May 9, 2013)
Before the break, we showed you Day 3 of Caleb Orozco's challenge to Section 53 of the Criminal code which reads, "Every person who has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any person or animal shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years." Orozco says that the words, "any person or" should be declared unconstitutional because it violates his rights to sexual freedom.

But, as we showed you yesterday, there are members of the church who believe that the law is good because it protects against male on male rape and child molestation.

Well, we report tonight of a case which puts the importance of this law, as interpreted by its supporters, in the spotlight.

26 year-old Edwin Emmanuel Coye, a resident of Apollo Street in Belama, is at prison tonight after he was taken to court today for charges of carnal knowledge and an unnatural crime.

According to police, on Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m., acting on intelligence, they visited an abandoned concrete house on Apollo St in Belama Phase 4. They found Coye along with a 14 year-old student.

They were both escorted to the Police Station, where they met the girl's mother and a social worker. The minor reported that on Monday evening and on Tuesday evening, Coye met her at the bus stop on Apollo St. where she followed him to the abandoned house. On both days, she had sexual intercourse with him.

A doctor certified that she was carnally known, and additionally, she was sodomized, so as a result, police arrested and charged Coye with 2 counts of carnal knowledge, and 1 count of an unnatural crime, also known as "carnal intercourse against the order of nature".

He was arraigned this evening before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. No plea was taken since the offenses are indictable matters, and no bail was offered. Coye was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until June 24.

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