Burrell Boom man charged with indecent assault

A construction worker from Burrell Boom is cooling his heels in Hattieville prison tonight after he was charged with the indecent assault of a minor. The twelve year old girl complained to her mother that forty-eight year old Edmond Lewis squeezed her private parts while taking a baby from her arms and had previously made unwanted advances, touching and sucking her breasts. The mother immediately reported the matter to police. Lewis appeared in court today before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord and pleaded not guilty. Prosecutor Clinton Magdaleno strongly objected to bail and the Chief Magistrate agreed, remanding Lewis to Hattieville until his next court date on January thirty-first.