That's his second conviction for a sex crime, and since he was already sentenced to 10 years for the first, Justice Colin Williams, ordered that his second sentence would run consecutive to the first one. That means that he's staring down a 14-year prison sentence. But Vasquez maintains that he is innocent of both allegations, and that he didn't get a fair trial. Furthermore, he's an aspiring attorney with nothing but time on his hands to research and prepare legal arguments, so that he can represent himself in his own appeals.

He did just that today when his appeal against the first conviction for forcible abduction and aggravated assault of an indecent nature came up in the Court of Appeal.

That was as the allegation from a young woman who is now in her 20's. She testified in the 2017 trial against him that in May, 2011, when she was 16, Vasquez forced her to get into his vehicle in Belize City. She said that he then drove her to Ladyville, where he assaulted her, humiliated her, and forced her to perform sexual acts on him at gunpoint.

But, Vasquez says she lied about the incident, and, to convince the Court of Appeal judges, he made an application today for new evidence to be admitted. Surprisingly, that new evidence that he wants the court to consider is an exclusive interview that his accuser granted 7News back in June 2012.

In that interview, she narrated the entire attack to Monica Bodden. And Vasquez claims there are multiple inconsistencies with the version she gave to us, the one she gave to police, and the witness testimony she gave in 2017.

He was given 30 minutes this morning to make oral arguments on why the panel of judges should admit the television interview into the case as new evidence. And he certainly tried his best, producing case law, and legal arguments, which he presented to the judge as his own defense attorney.

He told the judges that if the 7News interview is admitted as new evidence, he'll be able to contrast his accuser's different accounts, showing inconsistencies with the details she shared.

When the judges asked him why this evidence was not part of the original, 2017 trial, he said that he and his attorney didn't have time.

DPP Cheryl-Lynn Vidal responded on behalf of the prosecution, and submitted that Vasquez's application should be refused. She said that if the court were to allow Vasquez to carry on as he wants to, it can open the floodgates for others attempting to address trial issues like these at the appellate court. She asserted that the Appeal Court is not the appropriate place for this type of evidence to be admitted, and that Vasquez and his attorney could very well have gotten this same evidence admitted in his defense at the 2017 trial. She outlined how easy it would have been for Vasquez to access our internet transcript of the interview, and to get a recording of the television interview we aired in June 2012. She also classified the differences in accounts from the complainant as minor inconsistencies not strong enough to call her credibility into question.

After taking a short recess, the judges of the Court of Appeal returned to announce that they were refusing Vasquez's application, and that the 7News interview would not be admitted into this case.

So, Vasquez's second attempt to defend himself is not off to a great start, with this loss to the DPP. His appeal has been adjourned to a future session of the Court.