Community & Business
9 October, 2022
Youths charged over daylight incident
THREE youths will appear in the Mareeba Children’s Court after they were charged following an incident in a Byrnes Street business on 17 September.
Police allege the three girls went to a business in the main street at about 2.30pm and were observed walking the aisles, behaving suspiciously.
When confronted by the store manager, the girls started swearing and yelling at him before throwing a can of soft drink, striking him on the mouth.
The girls were escorted out of the store by the manager, and it will be alleged that one of the girls started to assault him.
Police will further allege the other two girls joined in, punching the manager before ramming a shopping trolley into him, causing a large laceration to his right forearm.
It will also be alleged the girls then grabbed items from nearby stores and threw them towards the manager before leaving the complex.
A 13-year-old Mareeba girl was released on bail and was charged with two counts of public nuisance, and one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm, enter premises and commit indictable offence, stealing and wilful damage.
A 15-year-old Atherton girl had her bail refused and was charged with two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count each of wilful damage and commit public nuisance.
Another 15-year-old Atherton girl also had her bail refused and was charged with one count of commit public nuisance and assault occasioning bodily harm
