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Summary of Court Activities For the month ending Saturday 30th April, 2016.

Summary of Court Activities For the month ending Saturday 30th April, 2016.

There were a total of 457 cases in the different courts; 293 cases in the High Court, 91 in the Magistrate courts and 73 in the Juvenile court.
Out of all the indigents, 568 were male adults, 29 female adults, 58 male juveniles and 7 female juveniles.
 35 male adults, 1 female adult, 5 male juveniles and 1 female juvenile were discharged.
8 male adults were put on bail and there was 1 Maintenance Orders. There were no Committals to the High Court and there were a total of 11 sentences; 2 adult males and 9 male juveniles.
The indigent discharged according to their professions were as follows; 2 bike riders, 6 traders, 3 builders, 1 hair dresser, 3 factory workers, 1 fitting mechanic apprentice, 6 drivers, 4 fishermen, 1 electrician, 2 wielding apprentices, 2 podapoda apprentices, 1 footballer, 1 carpenter, 1 plumber and 8 secondary school pupils.




The number of indigents and the crimes for which they were discharged were as follows: 7 for Robbery with aggravation, 2 for Wounding with intent, 1 for Conspiracy to Commit Felony, 4 for Sexual penetration, 1 for Malicious damage, 1 for Abusive language, 3 for Manslaughter, 10 for Larceny, 1 for Child stealing, 2 for Assault on police, 1 for Obtaining money by false pretences, 5 for Conspiracy in shop breaking, 1 for Forgery, 1 for Murder, 1 for Conspiracy in a dwelling house, and 1 for Fraudulent conversion.

Ages ranged from 15 to 50; 9 of them were aged 15 – 20. 12 of them were between 21-25. 9 were between 26-30 while, 4 were between 31-35 years. 2 were between 36-40. 2 were 41-45 while 4 were between 46-50.
The indigents discharged were discharged as a result of applications made for discharge by Legal Aid Board Lawyers, for want of prosecution.























By: Derek Nat-George

Media and Public Relations Office

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