Wood Carver Charged With Indecent Assault on Female Special Constable

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Feb. 24, 2010

Calvin Gilharry, 44, a woodcarver of Rock Stone Pond located on the Maskall Road was charged with indecent assault upon a female Special Constable when he appeared today in the #6 Magistrate’s Court. Gilharry pled not guilty to the charge. Magistrate Sharon Fraser offered him bail of $1,500 which he met. Gilharry is to return to Court on April 22.

The incident occurred on Monday, February 222 at Altun Ha Site, located on the Maskall Road. Special Constable Sonia August, 33, reported to Police that she was walking on Altun Ha  site when she got a report of an argument between two male persons. She said she confronted both males and she advised them to go to her booth and cool off.

She said that a few minutes later when she went to the booth one of the men approached her and touched her on the right side of her breast. Gilharry was identified as the person who committed the offence. He was taken into custody and charged.

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