Let the law takes its course and allow the courts to do its duty.
These are the words of assistant police spokesperson Inspector Atunaisa Sokomuri after a relative of a rape victim mistakenly assaulted a remand prisoner who he thought was the accused in the rape case.
Sokomuri is urging members of the public to await the outcome of the court process and not to take the matter into their own hands.
Tensions were high at the Suva Magistrate’s Court earlier today when 21-year-old Petero Bai charged with the alleged rape of an 8-year-old girl appeared in court.
Friends and relatives of the victim gathered in numbers at the court house and an elderly relative had to be overpowered by police when he assaulted another remand prisoner as he came out of the court house, thinking it was Bai.
The elderly man is currently being charged at the Central Police Station while the remand prisoner had to be taken to the CWM Hospital for medical attention.
Meanwhile, Bai's case has been transferred to the Suva High Court and will be called for mention on April 23rd.
Police had to step in once again to remove the young girl's relatives from outside the remand cell as they hurled verbal abuse at Bai when he was transported back to Korovou prison.
Let the law take its course
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