Tourism Director Louis Lewis.
The Saint Lucia Tourist Board (SLTB) has responded to reports of an alleged rape that took place here in February of this year involving a female British tourist.
SLTB Director Louis Lewis said his organization will be conducting its own investigation to determine what happened during the time that the British woman was here on holiday.
“We have to be very careful how we respond to those things. Right now, we are gathering some facts and when we do know what actually transpired, we will share it,” he said recently.
Only last week, the woman came out stating her intentions of taking action against the holiday company and villa owner for negligence – paving the way for other tourists to sue private property renters.
Georgina Mortimer, 45, a British doctor who was raped in Cas en Bas has spoken out about the ordeal after she was offered a massage to make up for being attacked while on vacation.
The mother of two 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.
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.”
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 later confirmed with local police.
A report was also made with the British High Commission Office.
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