A case against 12 Parktown Boys’ High School pupils accused of assaulting their junior schoolmates was postponed in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Magistrate Helena Prinsloo postponed the case for a pre-trial report.
The report, to be compiled by social workers, will focus on the boys’ personal circumstances to evaluate their behaviour.
The boys, aged 17, 18 and 19, are accused of assaulting fellow pupils during an initiation ceremony earlier this year.
Their appearance comes after charged were laid by the mother of one of the boys allegedly assaulted.
The boys were accompanied by their parents and relatives. As their case was heard in camera, the media and public were not allowed in the courtroom. — Sapa