15 PEOPLE ACCUSED OF GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM REMANDED

The 15 people accused of attacking a man in Gizo December last year will appear before the Magistrate Court on 21 this month.

They have been charged with one count of grievous harm each.

They are currently on remand at the Rove Correctional Centre until their appearance in Court.

SIBC News understands the accused includes three females and twelve males of which three are juveniles.

They allegedly attacked the victim at Malakerava while he was on his way home late in the afternoon of 12 December.

The victim sustained serious injuries and had to be transported to the National Referral Hospital in Honiara for further treatment.