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Sexual assault victim testifies
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Posted on Feb 22 2012
The victim took the witness stand yesterday in the ongoing Superior Court jury trial of 38-year-old Anthony Raymond Mendiola Camacho, who allegedly tried to rape her inside a car in As Matuis last year.
The victim narrated to the court how Camacho persuaded her to bring her to a secluded old radar station in As Matuis, where he allegedly threatened to “slaughter her” before trying to rape her on Feb. 23, 2011.
The victim said that she managed to escape after she hit the suspect in the left eye with the car key.
The government’s last witness yesterday was police detective Melissa Bauleung, who first interviewed the victim and brought her to the Commonwealth Health Center for examination that same night.
The trial will continue today, Thursday, at 9am.
Associate judge Kenneth Govendo is presiding over the trial. Assistant attorney general Shelli Neal is prosecuting the case. Attorney Stephen Woodruff is counsel for Camacho.
Camacho is a convicted sex offender.
In the separate Superior Court jury trial of Nestor C. Taitano, an ex-convict accused with a co-defendant of beating and robbing a 65-year-old masseur, the prosecution and defense counsel rested their cases yesterday afternoon.
The trial will continue today, Thursday, at 8:30am. Associate judge Joseph N. Camacho is presiding.
The government called yesterday to the witness stand Taitano’s cousin and co-defendant, Joshua Basaliso.
Basaliso had already pleaded guilty to assault and battery as part of a plea deal. He has yet to be sentenced.
In exchange for his truthful testimony and guilty plea, the government will recommend a sentence of three months in prison.
