State prosecutors have on Tuesday dropped charges against thirty out of the 37 youths who were facing 8 criminal charges including arson, unlawful assembly and riot.
The youths were remanded at Mile II by the Kanifing Magistrate's Court last week, but the Attorney General Chambers on Tuesday filed a 'Nolle Prosequi' for the discharge of all the defendants except 7. This means the charges against the thirty defendants have been formally withdrawn by the State.
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