5 teens before court for cybercrime, assault

A 19-year-old Meten-Meer-Zorg resident was on Monday charged in connection with the alleged online humiliation of a minor, while four juveniles appeared in a separate matter and admitted to assaulting a student on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD). Niraj Dhanwantie, 19, of Meten-Meer-Zorg, WCD, appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with Using a Computer System to Humiliate a Person, contrary to Section 19(2)(a) of the Summary Jurisdiction Offences Act, Chapter 8:02.
The charge relates to an alleged incident involving a 16-year-old student. Dhanwantie pleaded not guilty, and the matter was adjourned to February 25. In a separate case before the same court, four juveniles were jointly charged with assault in connection with an incident involving a 16-year-old student at De Willem, WCD on January 21. The charge, laid under Section 21 of the Summary Jurisdiction Offences Act, was read jointly to the defendants. All four pleaded guilty. The matter was also adjourned to February 25, pending the submission of probation reports ahead of sentencing.