Tour Guide from Camalote Charged With Arson

Belize City, Wed. Feb. 24, 2010

Ryon King, 31, a Tour Guide of Camalote Village who allegedly set fire to three mattresses, was charged with arson when he appeared in the #1 Magistrate’s Court on Monday, February 22. Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie explained to him that the Court could not take a plea from him because the offence is indictable. She offered him bail of $3,000 and adjourned his case until April 27.

The bail was offered on the condition that King does not interfere with the witnesses for the prosecution and that he reports to the Clerk of Court every Monday until the case is concluded in the Magistrate’s Court.

The incident occurred on Friday, February 19. Kendra Pennil, 28, a Tour Guide of Mahogany Heights, King’s ex-common law wife, reported to the Police that King set fire to 3 mattresses which were in a bedroom of her concrete bungalow house. Fortunately, the fire was put out before it could do further damage. The mattresses were the property of King. One of them was a spring mattress while the other two were foam.

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