A 15-year-old girl was charged as an adult on Monday with murder after the deaths of 19 people in Guyana, after police said the girl purposely set fire to a school dormitory in her annoyance because her cell phone was confiscated.
In the tragic fire that occurred on May 21, 18 of their classmates from Mahdia High School died and a 5-year-old boy also died after being trapped inside the building, whose doors were locked to prevent students aged 12 to 18 from entering. escape to socialize with nearby men.
A court south of Guyana’s capital Georgetown ordered the girl to remain in custody pending further hearing after she appeared virtually for trial on Monday, Fox News reported.
So far, he has not been allowed to plead guilty or not guilty to the charges received. Meanwhile, he will appear for another court hearing on July 5.
Meanwhile, state attorneys and defense attorneys will decide if they are ready to start a preliminary trial.
If convicted of setting a fire on purpose, the young woman, whose identity has not been released, could face life in prison.
The school where the tragic fire occurred serves as a government boarding school serving remote indigenous villages in southwestern Guyana.
In addition to the 19 dead, two dozen students were injured as firefighters worked to rescue them from the burning building, while another 20 students were also rescued.
Although most of the injured students were released, one of them, who was seriously injured, was sent to a New York hospital for specialized treatment.
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