Teacher remanded on indecent assault charge

Two men, including a school teacher, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with separate counts of indecent assault and were remanded to prison by Principal Magis-trate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

Lancelot Solone, 37, of 114 Vryheids Lust, East Coast Demerara, is accused of inappropriately touching a 9-year-old girl. He however denied the allegation when it was read to him.

It is alleged that on Thursday at Regent and King streets, Solone indecently assaulted the child.

The matter will continue on January 17 next year.

In the other case Morris Waddle, a 20-year-old Bartica resident, is accused of indecently assaulting a 14-year-old girl. He denied the allegation. It is alleged that on Tuesday at Bartica he committed the offence.

His lawyer Rexford Jackson told the court that his client lives at 2