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Crime

Women jailed at Lethem for assaulting each other

By Staff Editor Wed, July 15 2026, 2:03 AM GMT-4

A Brazilian national and a Lethem woman were yesterday sentenced to three months in prison each after pleading guilty to charges of unlawful wounding and assault causing actual bodily harm.

Terizita Parks, 19, of Bonfim, Brazil and Tabatinga, Lethem, and Camille James, 26, of Tabatinga, Lethem, appeared before Magistrate Omadatt Chandan at the Lethem Magistrate’s Court, where the charges were read to them separately.

Both women pleaded guilty to the offences.

For the offence of assault causing actual bodily harm, each was fined $30,000, with three months’ imprisonment in default of payment. They were also each sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for the offence of unlawful wounding.

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