A thirteen-year-old school boy who wounded a classmate has been placed on one year probation by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo.
The boy, who appeared with his mother at the New Amsterdam Court, expressed regret over the incident, which occurred in September 2010, at the Vryman’s Erven Secondary Annex in New Amsterdam.
In a detailed report to the court on the offender’s background, Probation Officer Maise Sheppard informed that his school attendance for the period September to December 2010 was unsatisfactory. Out of a total of 145 available sessions, the teen was