Accused of assaulting a woman, a man was placed on bail yesterday after his lawyer told a court that he accidentally hit the complainant after she grabbed his phone. Royston Hope, a machinist, pleaded not guilty when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 1, where he was charged with assaulting Indranie John on March 30.
Hope’s attorney explained that on the day of the alleged assault, John went to Hope’s workplace and confronted him about a
