45-y-o St Ann man charged with assault with intent to rape

The police in St Ann have charged a man for breaking into a woman's house and allegedly attempting to sexually assault her.

He is 45-year-old Oral Brown, otherwise called 'Ratty', of Nine Mile in the parish, who is charged with burglary and assault with intent to rape.

A court date for him is being finalised.

Reports from the Alexander police are that about 5:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 13, Brown entered the complainant's home while she was sleeping.

The police say he got undressed and attempted to remove the complainant's shorts and assaulted her.

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An alarm was raised and the accused was caught by a relative of the complainant while trying to escape.

A report was made to the police and on their arrival the accused was apprehended and taken into custody.

Brown was officially on Tuesday, October 15.