Nursing student charged for cyberbullying

A 19-year-old nursing student on Friday appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged for the misuse of a telecommunication system after she allegedly bullied a friend by means of a fake account on social media.
It is alleged that Nanshalee Bowen between November 14, 2018, and December 14, 2018, in Georgetown, created a fake Facebook profile and sent threatening messages to Omeika Frank.
In court on Friday, the teen of Middle Walk, Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD) denied the charge.
According to the police report, both the defendant and the victim are friends and students at the Guyana School of Nursing.
It was further noted that in November of 2018, Frank received a threatening message from a Facebook account named “Perfectly Bhad”.
A fearful Frank made a report to the Criminal Investigations Department where an analysis was done after which detectives discovered the said fake account in Bowen’s phone.
Nevertheless, Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh made no objections to bail but asked that conditions are applied.
The teen was released on $20,000 bail. The case will continue on February 27, 2019.