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Five girls, who al­leged­ly as­sault­ed a 15-year-old Holy Faith Con­vent stu­dent, ap­peared vir­tu­al­ly in the Cou­va Mag­is­trates’ Court yes­ter­day.

It was their first court ap­pear­ance since they were charged in June.

The teen girls, who at­tend three dif­fer­ent sec­ondary schools, had each re­ceived a sum­mons to ap­pear in court yes­ter­day, charged with as­sault oc­ca­sion­ing ac­tu­al bod­i­ly harm.