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Former employee of the Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts, Rahul Ravikash Kumar who obtained a financial advantage amounting to $341,981.81 by falsifying the Transport Assistance data, has been sentenced to 7 year
Navitalai Lavekau, who was convicted of one count of indecent assault and one count of sexual assault, has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 3 years. Lavekau appeared before Justice
A man who was convicted of six counts of serious sexual offences against a 13-year-old girl, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 11 years and 8 months. The man appeared before J
Janet Mason, the senior Wellington lawyer and counsel assisting the Commission of Inquiry into the appointment of the Commissioner of FICAC, will be suspended from practising for three months, effective from the 11th of
Kishore Kumar has had his trial adjourned to 24th March for unauthorized access to a computer system. Kumar appeared before Magistrate Pulekeria Low this morning. Before appearing in court this morning, Kumar
Raman Rajeshwar Prasad, who is charged with 67 counts of obtaining financial advantage and one count of possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime, has been remanded in custody. Prasad appeared bef
Anare Buresolei and Luisa Cagi who are charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine are yet to be located by the investigation officer. State lawyer Naazia Ali says both firstly refused to receive the notice
The 15-year-old student charged with the alleged rape of an 8-year-old boy has been remanded in custody. The student appeared in the Navua Magistrates Court. He is charged with one count of rape. The cas
Former Fiji Broadcasting Corporation CEO Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and Chief Financial Officer Vimlesh Sagar's plea has been further deferred to April 1st. Sayed-Khaiyum and Sagar appeared before Magistrate Krishan Prasa
A 50 year old man who allegedly caused the death of a 26-year old man in Tomuka, Lautoka last week will appear in the Lautoka Magistrates Court today. Police say the incident happened just after 3pm on the 5th of M
A 15-year-old student will be appear in the Navua Magistrates Court today charged with the alleged rape of an 8-year-old boy. Police say the accused is alleged to have committed the offence on Saturday, and the mat
A 38-year-old man was charged with the manslaughter of a 30-year-old man last month. This has been confirmed by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions who says the accused person allegedly punched and ki
Former Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and former Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem’s plea on the consolidated charges related to abuse of office and receiving corrupt benefit has been adjourned to Friday
Edward Nand and Salimoni Ligacere have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a visiting Fijian national from Canada, Narend Chand on 19th February 2023. The two were sentenced by High Court Justice
The Fiji Corrections Service is strongly denying claims by lawyer Sunil Gosai that his client, remand prisoner Edward Nand was assaulted by Corrections officers while in custody. They say Nand was assaulted by anot
Edward Nand and Salimoni Ligacere who were found guilty for the murder of a visiting Fijian national from Canada, Narend Chand in February 2023, will be sentenced next Friday. The two appeared before Justice Siaini
The Head Boy of Ratu Kadavulevu School has pleaded guilty in his first court appearance after being charged with assaulting a 17 year old student at the school. Police say the Head Boy had questioned another studen
Nasinu businessman Wenjun Lin who allegedly transferred $500,000 from a mining company’s account and deposited into his own business account has been released on a $10,000 cash bail by the Suva Magistrates Court.
A 42-year-old businessman of Nasinu has been charged with one count of conversion. It is alleged that between December 2019 and December 2021, the businessman while being the director of a mining company allegedly
Anare Vuli Cilicewa, the 24-year-old accused of murdering his 28-year-old de-facto partner in Raiwaqa, Suva in September last year will have his plea recorded in his next court appearance. Cilicewa appeared this mo
