BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 10, 2018– Jose Ardon, 52, a construction worker of Spanish Town, Ladyville, who was charged last year with two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, was charged with eleven more counts of the same offence when he appeared today before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford.

Ardon was released on the same bail he got from the Supreme Court when he was charged with the first two offences. The first of the eleven additional charges was brought against Ardon for an incident that occurred in August 2016 in Ladyville. At the time, the virtual complainant was 14 years and 2 months old.

Once in each of the following ten months thereafter, Ardon is alleged to have committed the offence, and on each occasion it was in Ladyville. The complainant was 15 years old when the last offence was committed, which was in June last year.