The Children’s Court on Monday gave the parents of the eight Sunshine Secondary School students arrested on Friday night, a week to reach an out-of court settlement with the school’s management or have their children charged on August 2.
Cliff Ombeta and Jason Ombioga, acting for the students, had applied to have their plea taking deferred to allow their parents conclude negotiations with the school’s management for the withdrawal of its complaint against the students.
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Cliff Ombeta and Jason Ombioga, acting for the students, had applied to have their plea taking deferred to allow their parents conclude negotiations with the school’s management for the withdrawal of its complaint against the students.
They informed the court that the negotiations commenced on Saturday immediately following the arrest of the students on Friday night for attempting to burn their dorm.
The students drawn from form one to three, were later released into their parents’ custody by Chief Magistrate Lucy Gitari on personal bonds of Sh50,000 each.
They informed the court that the negotiations commenced on Saturday immediately following the arrest of the students on Friday night for attempting to burn their dorm.
The students drawn from form one to three, were later released into their parents’ custody by Chief Magistrate Lucy Gitari on personal bonds of Sh50,000 each.
Ombeta and Ombioga had implored her to do so as no school property was actually destroyed and to keep the students from being “hardened” by the criminal justice system.
