Six Moruga Secondary School students, among them two 15-year-old boys, appeared in the Princes Town Magistrates Court yesterday charged with four criminal offences arising out of a fight at their school on Wednesday morning. The other four are all 16 years old.They appeared before Magistrate Debra Quintyne with their parents.The students were arrested at the school's compound at Basse Terre, Moruga, on Wednesday morning after fighting among themselves.
Five of them are charged with disturbing the peace by fighting at the school. They pleaded guilty to the charges.One of the 15-year-old boys is charged with using obscene language and resisting arrest. He pleaded not guilty.The other 15-year-old is charged with obstructing the police in the execution of their duty. He also pleaded guilty.Constable Majid Khan of the Moruga Police Station laid the charges.The accused students are in Form Four to Six. They were seen chatting and laughing among themselves while waiting for their matters to be called yesterday afternoon.
Quintyne ordered a probation officer's report and adjourned the matter involving those who pleaded guilty to July 12.Attorney Gideon McMaster represented all the teenagers.Police reports state that around 9.20 am, a fight broke out among the boys while at the Moruga Secondary School and the school's safety officer had to intervene.Teachers also intervened to break up the fight. Officers from the Southern Division went to the school and arrested the teenagers.
