Crime

Five juveniles charged for serious crimes last month

March 4, 2019 5:35 pm

Five juveniles were among the sixty-one people who were charged for serious crimes last month.

According to the statistics released by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution, there were 61 people charged with a total of 152 counts of separate incidents in February.

The five juveniles were charged for aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and theft offences.

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The DPP says four police officers were also charged for separate offences.

Two police officers were charged with the murder of a 21-year-old man at Totogo Police Station – while two other police officers were charged with act with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and abuse of office.

There were 44 victims of the 152 counts of separate incidents.

There were six incidents where the accused and victims were related to one another.

The DPP says cash and assorted items ranging from $36 to $17,000 were stolen during the alleged aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary offences – which consisted of home invasions, shop and supermarket break-ins and daylight street robberies.

There were five incidents where foreign nationals were also allegedly robbed.