Today, two Belizean American women and a 14-year-old boy are on a plane back to the US after being held in prison for the last nine weeks. In August, sisters, Samanti Nicole Louis and Kimberlee Lino, a 14 year old boy, and Tiffany Rene Cacho of Dangriga, appeared in the Magistrate’s Court, where they were charged with aggravated assault, damage to property and bodily harm on Dangriga resident, Bremime Martinez.
Louis, Lino, Cacho and the minor broke into Martinez’ home in early August and attacked her. The incident was caught on camera, and then uploaded onto Facebook, where it went viral. All were initially denied bail except for Cacho, who was eight months pregnant at the time of the incident.
The matter of bail was then taken to the Supreme Court, where the minor was granted bail without objection, while the sisters were given $30,000 bail, along with the condition that they hand over copies of their passports and other identification, in case they tried to flee. Lino’s bail was later revoked because she was unable to turn over the proper documents.
Both sisters appeared in court again today, but this time the case was struck out. Martinez told the court that she did not want to proceed with the trial, as she felt that the accused’s time in jail was enough punishment. Louis, Lino, and the minor are now on their way back home.
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