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81 people charged with a total of 88 counts of separate non sexual cases in May - DPP

81 people charged with a total of 88 counts of separate non sexual cases in May - DPP
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Three offences of murder, 1 of attempted murder and 1 manslaughter case were recorded in the month of May this year.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions says 81 people were charged with a total of 88 counts of separate non sexual cases in May.

There were 13 aggravated robbery cases, 1 robbery with violence, 25 aggravated burglary cases, 25 thefts, 3 receiving stolen properties cases, 2 assault cases, 1 driving with excess alcohol, 1 case of conspiracy and 1 case possession of illicit drugs.

Of the 81 people charged, two were police officers.

One police officer was charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of receiving stolen properties while another police officer was charged with assault.

10 juveniles were also charged with separate offences.

Of the 50 victims, there were 5 incidents involving a domestic setting and of these 5, three were victims of murder.

One of the murder victims was a new born baby while the other two murder incidents involved a husband and wife. There was one incident of manslaughter where the victim died from a king hit at a nightclub in the western division.

For the aggravated robbery offences, the items stolen ranged from $105 cash to $30,000 worth of property and for the aggravated burglary and theft offences, the items stolen ranged from $166 worth of alcohol to $24,965 worth of property.

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