Weekly Round-up: Female sex predators… Teacher murdered on Teachers’ Day… Gayle returns to Tallawahs
KINGSTON, Jamaica — It was reported on Tuesday that between 2013 and 2018, a total of 22 women were arrested for having sexual intercourse with boys under 16 years old. At the same time, 129 boys under the age of 16 were the victims of sexual assault over the same period.
According data from the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Statistics and Information Management Unit, between 2013 and 2018 a total of 53 females were arrested for sexual assault, of which 33 were arrested for the offence of sexual intercourse with a victim under the age of 16.
On the crime scene, 35-year-old teacher, Clevon Campbell was shot dead at his home in Portmore, St Catherine on Teachers’ Day which was celebrated on Wednesday. A teenage boy was shot and injured in the incident.
In sport, it was reported last Saturday that West Indies star Chris Gayle along with the Jamaica Tallawahs has returned to Kingston for the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League.
Watch as OBSERVER ONLINE wraps this week for you.
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Wellness now a major focus of health ministry
JPS strike forces early closure for special needs school
Flight from Jamaica makes emergency landing at Miami airport
CISOCA issues alert to females taking taxis in Corporate Area
Robert Morgan appointed senator and parliamentary secretary
Accused ‘rogue cop’ surrenders
Cops renew appeal for info on murder of Seaview teen
Man shoots two fellow construction workers
Teacher murdered on Teachers’ Day
Police High Command pursuing cop killers
Pepsi, Chris Gayle on board to fire up Tallawahs’ new CPL season
Fraser-Pryce, Dacres headline early cast for Racers Adidas Grand Prix
