Summary of
Court Activities for the Week Ending Saturday 6th 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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