KUMAKA Kwebanna, a 26-year-old miner of Five Mile, Bartica, Region Seven was on Thursday remanded to prison after he was charged for raping a girl under the age of 16.

Ron Charles appeared unrepresented on Thursday before Magistrate Judy Latchman at Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Charles is accused of having sexual intercourse with a minor on June 10, 2017.

The act was allegedly committed while the child was left in Charles’ care and her mother was not at home.

According to facts of the case, the child’s mother noticed a strange substance on her undergarments and upon being questioned, she related what happened. The matter was reported and the man was arrested.

Charles is expected to return to court on 27 June.