A 51 yr old man is charged for the rape of a woman in Ladyville

Eugene Reneau

A woman was raped in the wee hours of last Friday at mile ten and a half on the Phillip Goldson Highway; her alleged attacker was detained at the scene of the crime by police. This morning, a Belize Water Service employee, fifty-one year old Eugene Reneau was arraigned for rape in the court of Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. Acting on a tip, police proceeded to the scene of the crime and in a swampy overgrown area off the highway; they discovered a woman struggling to escape from the grips of a man, who was covering her mouth with his hand. The woman told the police that the man had threatened to kill her if she did not have sex with him. She also reported that her attacker placed a knife at her throat and raped her. The victim was taken to the K.H.M.H. where she was examined by a doctor. Her attacker is twice her age.