54 people charged with a total of 53 counts of serious crimes last month

Three juveniles were charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and theft offences last month while one juvenile was charged alongside a 23-year-old man with arson for allegedly setting fire to a 77-year-old man’s house on suspicion of witchcraft by the victim.

According to statistics by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, 54 people charged with a total of 53 counts of serious crimes last month.

A 58-year-old man was charged with three counts of manslaughter and two counts of dangerous driving causing grievous harm. The accused is alleged to have caused the death of three victims and grievously harmed two victims who were passengers in his car. The accused person is alleged to have been drunk driving when the accident happened.

In another incident, a 21-year-old man was charged with vehicular manslaughter. The accused allegedly drove his vehicle through a give-way which caused the death of a 58-year-old police officer.

The accused was also charged with driving a vehicle as a taxi without a licence, failure to stop after an accident and unlawful possession of 2.7 grams of marijuana.

A 32-year-old man was charged with vehicular manslaughter for allegedly causing the death of a 25-year-old woman. The accused was allegedly drunk and speeding when the accident happened.

There were two more incidents of arson. In one incident, a 34-year-old man allegedly set fire to a 32-year-old man’s house as an act of vengeance while in another incident, a 30-year-old man set fire to a 35-year-old man’s house.

There was one incident where four men were charged with six counts of unlawful cultivation of illicit drugs.

A 51-year-old Dutch national and a 35-year-old Fijian man were charged with unlawful possession and unlawful exportation of 39.36 kilograms of cocaine to Australia.

There were three separate incidents where taxi drivers were allegedly robbed. In one incident, a 19-year-old man was charged with aggravated robbery. The accused allegedly robbed a taxi driver and his passenger of cash and mobile phones.

In another incident, a 40-year-old man was charged with aggravated robbery for allegedly robbing a 41-year-old taxi driver of his taxi worth $24,000, cash and assorted taxi items while in another incident, a 40-year-old man was charged for allegedly robbing a 27-year-old taxi driver of his taxi worth $15,000, cash and assorted items.