A British woman raped in Cas en Bas earlier this year has spoken out about the ordeal after she was offered a massage to make up for being attacked while on a women-only sailing vacation.
The 45-year-old woman gave a detailed account of the attack and the harrowing experience.
Georgina Mortimer, a British doctor and mother of two, is taking action against the holiday company and villa owner for negligence – paving the way for other tourists to sue private property renters.
St. Lucia News Online (SNO) was the first to carry this story but did not reveal the victim’s identity.
The initial report stated that the British woman was brutally raped in her villa in the early hours of Saturday, February 6, in Cas en Bas, which was confirmed with local police.
“SNO understands that the woman was asleep when she was attacked and raped. The woman’s apartment door was also closed but unlocked, which made it easy for her attacker to enter her room.”
SNO also stated in its report that the matter was reported to the British High Commission Office.
Mortimer told The Sun Newspaper on Sunday: “I woke up to find myself being strangled and raped by this total stranger. I was terrified. I honestly thought I was going to die.”
She said she is devastated by what happened and she is going to do what she can to stop any other woman going through the same, stating that she is shocked by a company, which claims to empower women.
While she was refunded her money and offered a free massage and manicure, the British woman said: “My life has been turned upside down. I have horrendous flashbacks and feel traumatised.”
Mortimer told The Sun that she was not given a key for her bedroom door but two instructors were also staying there and it was understood the front door would be locked each night.
“But I woke to find a monster pinning me down in my bed attacking me, I thought I was going to be murdered…The hand on my throat pressed down so hard I thought I was going to pass out. I could hardly breathe let alone scream,” she recalled.
The woman said, “I thought of my children and was determined not to die. I lay as quiet as possible because I felt any struggling on my part could anger him enough to kill me. It was around fifteen minutes of hell before someone knocked at the door and my attacker fled.”
Mortimer was on a £2,000 trip in St Lucia with company Girls for Sails when she was attacked in her bedroom on the second night of her holiday in February.
SNO spoke with an official from the Police Press office on Monday who said they will seek to get an update on the matter soon and furnish a response.
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