Former City Mayor, Zenaida Moya Attacked at Home

Former Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya says she is a victim of an attack that occurred at her home. Moya alleges that her caretaker pepper-sprayed her, beat her up, and then stole her money. Moya told police that around five o’clock last Thursday morning, while she was at her mile five residence off the Philip Goldson Highway, her caretaker, twenty-eight-year-old Corliss McKenzie entered her room. The two reportedly got into an argument and Moya alleges that McKenzie became aggressive and pepper-sprayed her in the face, after which he punched her twice in the head. Moya said that McKenzie grabbed a bread knife, held her and placed the knife to her neck and threatened to kill her. Moya said she stomped her feet out of fear and McKenzie left but not before destroying her two phones and stealing four hundred dollars from her purse. According to Moya, she managed to escape by running out of the room and down the stairs where she was able to secure the iron gate, and that’s when she called 911 for police assistance. Moya was taken to the hospital, where a doctor classified her injuries as wounding. She has asked for court action, which led to McKenzie’s arrest. In court, he pleaded not guilty to six criminal offenses, including: aggravated assault with pepper spray, threat of death, damage to property, and theft. McKenzie was offered bail of two thousand, five hundred dollars and the case was adjourned until May fourteenth. He is not to interfere, contact or communicate with Moya and or any of her family members or any other prosecution witnesses in the case. He must also stay one hundred yards away from her, and he must report to the Queen Street Police Station twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays.