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The Director of Public Prosecutions, Christopher Pryde will appeal the 6-year prison sentence handed down to a 73-year-old man convicted of raping a 7-year-old boy by the Suva High Court. The 73-year-old man was co
The man who allegedly stoned several vehicles and robbed people after erecting an illegal roadblock along the Kings Highway near Navesau, Tailevu, has appeared in the Rakiraki Magistrates Court. 22-year-old Marika
A 22-year-old university student charged with one count of possession of illicit drugs has pleaded guilty to the charge before Chief Magistrate Usaia Ratuvili. Kessler Onguglo Anton was found with 0.1 gram of mariju
The man alleged to have stoned several vehicles and robbed people after erecting an illegal roadblock along the Kings Highway near Navesau, Tailevu has been charged. Police say the 22-year-old has been charged with
A man who raped and sexually assaulted his stepdaughter between 2014 to 2018 in Nausori will be sentenced by the Suva High Court on Monday. The man was convicted of six counts of rape and 2 counts of sexual assault
Police Director Internal Affairs, Acting Senior Superintendent of Police Mohammed Talib Khan who has been charged with abuse of office has been granted bail by the Suva Magistrates Court. It is alleged that on 13th
Police Director Internal Affairs, Acting Senior Superintendent of Police Mohammed Talib Khan has been charged with abuse of office. Director of Public Prosecutions, Christopher Pryde has sanctioned the charges aga
A former revenue collector with the Ministry of Justice has been sentenced to 1 year 6 months imprisonment in the Savusavu Magistrates Court. Tomasi Raikivi was charged by FICAC and he pleaded guilty to one count o
A 69-year-old man who pleaded guilty to raping his 11 year old grand niece on Koro Island will be sentenced on the 31st of this month. It was heard in court that the man has previous convictions such as defilement,
The trial of a 72-year-old man who allegedly raped his 9-year-old granddaughter in Naitasiri will start on the 5th of October. The man is facing three counts of rape and a count of indecent assault and the alleged
The trial of Asena Rakavono, who is alleged to have murdered her defacto partner in Muanikoso, Nasinu last year will be held in May next year. The case was called before High Court Judge Justice Riyaz Hamza today. R
33-year-old Jekope Naimawi has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his partner on the 10th of January last year. Justice Salesi Temo has said that Naimawi is to serve a minimum of 18 years in prison
High Court Judge Justice Salesi Temo will today sentence 33-year-old Jekope Naimawi who has been found guilty of murdering his partner, Maraia Tala on the 10th of January last year. He is expected to deliver his s
High Court Judge Justice Riyaz Hamza has sentenced a 29 year old man to 18 years imprisonment for raping two boys in Nasinu in 2017. He was convicted of 3 counts of rape, 3 counts of attempted rape and 3 counts of
High Court Judge, Justice Salesi Temo has further remanded Arvind Chand Rai who allegedly murdered a woman in Lami and set the property on fire last month. Rai who is a carpenter and resides in Narere has been char
Former Suva lawyer Shazran Abdul Lateef and Zoe Maharaj Moore have pleaded not guilty to the charges of being in possession of illicit drugs before Chief Magistrate Usaia Ratuvili this morning. Both are charged wit
High Court Judge Justice Salesi Temo has found 33-year-old Jekope Naimawi guilty of murdering his partner, Maraia Tala on the 10th of January last year. Naimawi assaulted his 35-year-old partner with a biscuit tin
High Court Judge Justice Salesi Temo will deliver his judgement today in the case of the 30-year-old man who allegedly murdered his defacto partner in Kalabu, Nasinu in January last year by setting her on fire. Jek
A 30-year-old man who allegedly murdered his defacto partner in Kalabu, Nasinu in January last year by setting her on fire has been found guilty of one count of murder by two assessors. The third assessor has found
Almost 40% of the juveniles who were in the Juvenile Rehabilitation and Development Centre between 1998 to 2012 have re-offended and eventually ended up in Fiji Corrections Service facilities. Centre’s Senior Wel
