SAWMILL operator Raymond Evans, of Number 19 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, charged with sexual assault, has been remanded to prison until March 28.

Appearing before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, he told the court he was under the influence of alcohol when he held the vagina of a Bible student.
It happened last Friday when the teenager had left her Bible Class and was walking along Main and St. John Streets, New Amsterdam, when Evans told the virtual complainant ‘good night’ and then grabbed at her private part.
Her loud shouts attracted persons from a nearby restaurant who, quickly, responded by arresting the defendant and took him to Central Police Station.
At Reliance Court, Canje, on Wednesday, Evans revealed that he was an employee at Amerally Sawmills and said he was sorry for what transpired.
The magistrate asked him whether he had ever visited a psychiatrist and, when he answered in the negative, she told him she would order a probation report for his next appearance on March 28.