The two sisters who were accused of stabbing a 15-year-old student of the Linden Foundation Secondary School more than two months ago are to undergo counselling.
Contacted for an update yesterday, Commander of Region 10 Hugh Winter told Stabroek News that the police investigation into the matter is complete and the file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
Winter said the file was subsequently returned with advice that welfare officials counsel the sisters. “…Until DPP make a further pronouncement in the matter,” he said.
Upon completion of this process, Winter noted that the welfare has to prepare a report after which the file will be sent for further advice.
Winter had previously told this newspaper that the two sisters were initially arrested for questioning in relation to the matter. He had said that the younger of the two sisters was first released from police custody. A few days later, the older sister was released on bail.
The incident which had occurred on the afternoon of January 23rd close to the school was captured on video which immediately went viral on social media.
In the video seen by Stabroek News, two female students were seen in a “fight” surrounded by a number of other students from the school. A third student was later seen pulling the knife out of her bag and stabbing the 15-year-old in her back.
The teen’s mother had previously related to Stabroek News that she was shown a video in which a male student took the hand of the other female student who fought with her daughter and slapped her daughter.
This, she said was how the fight began. As a result of the incident, the teen sustained a broken rib and injuries to her stomach, lungs and spleen.
The teen was discharged from hospital late last month. Her brother yesterday said that she is basically living a normal life again. “Everything is like normal. She walking, talking and so but she can’t do like running, jumping and them kinda things,” he said.
