Seven-y-o student accused of attempting to poison teachers and classmates!
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – The Child Development Agency (CDA) says it has intervened in a case in which a seven-year-old student is accused of attempting to poison teachers and students of a primary school in St Mary.
The principal of the school, Irvin Rose, said that the student had been reprimanded by a teacher last Thursday and returned to the school the following day, sprinkling Gramoxone – a highly-poisonous pesticide – on food items.
The CDA, which is responsible for children in need of care and protection, said the student has been referred to the Child Guidance Clinic in the parish for a psychological assessment and that a CDA officer also met with the student, his family and teachers.
Under the Child Care and Protection Act, a child below the age of 12 accused of a criminal offence cannot be charged, but a court could rule that there is need cared supervision and protection.
