Teen Girl Assaulted at Home

Police are investigating the assault of a 17-year-old girl who says she was attacked at her home on Neal’s Penn Road in Belize City on Thursday night by a man she has known for two years.

According to police, the incident began around 8:30 p.m. while the teen was sitting on the bleachers of a nearby basketball court with two friends. She told officers that the 21-year-old man approached them and threw a pint bottle of 501 Beer at her but missed.

Frightened, she ran home. About an hour later, while she was standing on her veranda, she saw the same man coming up her front steps. She says she tried to lock the door, but he forced his way inside and attacked her.

The girl reported that she fought back, punching him in the face and pushing him out of the house. She suffered scratches to her left leg and the right side of her neck during the struggle.

Police have since detained the man, who remains in custody pending charges.