There will be no criminal charge laid against the 11-year-old boy who fatally chopped a 14-year-old boy in Jamaica earlier this week.
But a psychiatric evaluation will be done to determine the most suitable intervention for the pre-teen, State Minister for Youth Floyd Green said.
Under Jamaica’s Child Care and Protection Act, a child below the age of 12 years cannot be charged with a criminal offence.
According to Caribbean 360 News, Green said a team from the Child Development Agency will conduct the psychiatric evaluation and the boy will be “brought before the court and placed at one of our places of safety”.
Orane Johnson was allegedly chopped to death by the 11-year-old boy after the two had a verbal altercation on Monday evening.
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