Crime

Three juveniles among 46 offenders in December

January 6, 2021 4:20 pm

Three juveniles were among 46 people charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and theft last month.

Two police officers were additionally charged with assault causing actual bodily harm to a 19-year-old and a 20-year-old suspect in an alleged illicit drug cultivation case.

According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, there were 28 victims in these incidents.

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A 32-year-old man was charged with the attempted murder of a 47-year-old man. The accused allegedly stabbed the victim multiple times with a kitchen knife.

A 37-year-old woman was charged with act with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to her 46-year-old husband. The accused allegedly stabbed her husband before stabbing herself.

There was one incident where a village priest was charged with assault causing actual bodily harm to a 16-year-old boy. The accused allegedly hit the boy with a bamboo stick for climbing a mango tree.

A 46-year-old woman was charged with assault causing actual bodily harm to her 47-year-old neighbor.

There were two separate incidents where a 40-year-old man and a 41-year-old man were charged with the unlawful cultivation of illicit drugs.

They allegedly cultivated 74.6 kilograms and 101 kilograms of marijuana respectively.