TWENTY – four – year old Corwin Anthony, who touched the vagina of a 14-year-old girl as she walked by the Islington seawall, East Bank Berbice, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by Magistrate Alex Moore at the New Amsterdam Court.The custodial penalty was imposed after he was found guilty of indecent assault. Prosecuting, Corporal Winston Poliah said that on May 30, the victim was walking with her younger sibling along the seawall when the defendant remarked: “Fish does not only swim at sea, but on land,” before grabbing the teen’s vagina.
A report was made to her parents, who accompanied her to the Central Police Station,where a report was made.