Taveta court puts 56 minors on probation over drinking alcohol
Taveta Law Courts where 56 teenagers were charged with underage drinking on April 30, 2018. The minors were put on three-year probation on May 8, 2018. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Magistrate hands minors three years of probation for underage drinking.
The magistrate warned that the court will be extend such leniency to similar offenders in future.
- The children were arrested at the Veteran Club in Taveta and were being held at the Taveta Police Station.
On Wednesday, Taveta Magistrate Geoffrey Kimang’a put the minors on three years of probation and ordered them to report to the Children’s Department after every three months.
The magistrate warned that the court will not extend such leniency to similar offenders in the future.
“I order the parents and guardians of these minors to ensure that they report to the Children’s Department as ordered failure to which they will face the law,” Mr Kimang’a warned.
The children, who were being held at the Taveta Police Station, were arrested last week at Veteran Club and charged with underage drinking.
