Summary of Court Activities for the Week Ending Saturday 6th August 2016

Summary of Court Activities for the Week Ending Saturday 6^th August 2016

There were a total of 165 cases in the different courts; 125 cases in the High Court, 31 in the Magistrate courts and 9 in the Juvenile court.

Out of a total of 235 indigents, 218 were male adults and 8 were female adults, 7 were male Juveniles and 5were female juveniles.

Only 1 male adult was discharged as a result of sentenced and time served and only 1 male adult was put on bail.

No cases were committed to the High Court there were no sentences. There were two closed files as a result of revelations that they had private representations, which disqualified them as indigents.

The discharged indigents according to professions was a trader.

The discharged person was charged with Wounding with Intent.

In this matters, the accused person had spent more than time to be served. Consequently, after sentencing, the accused person was discharged pursuant to the relevant sections of the Constitution and the Criminal Procedure Act of 1965.

Derek Nat-George

Head of Media and Public Relations

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