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Former Fiji Bati player Ratu Nanovo is the teenager accused of stabbing three people after a western Sydney rugby league game on Sunday. A 19-year-old Magpies player and two spectators, aged 16 and 22, were injured
Fiji Court of Appeal Judge Justice Chandana Prematilaka has granted leave to appeal for serial rapist and murderer Josua Colanaudolu. Colanaudolu is appealing his conviction and sentence. High Court Judge Jus
Two men who stole items worth $1,087.20 from Praveens Kava Shop in April this year and later sold them to various people have been given suspended sentences by High Court Judge Justice Aruna Aluthge in the Suva High Cou
A man who raped an 8-year-old girl in 2008 has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by High Court Judge Justice Daniel Goundar in the Labasa High Court but the sentence will take effect once the man is apprehended by
A 41-year-old man has been jailed for 6 years, 8 months and 6 days by High Court Judge Justice Daniel Goundar for breaking into a home and stealing items worth $2,498. Justice Goundar sentenced Viliame Gukisuva to
The trial of a 34-year-old man who allegedly murdered his 34-year-old wife in Walu Bay last year will begin in June next year. Luke Nasetava appeared before High Court Judge Justice Salesi Temo today. It is al
A 19-year-old woman will give evidence in her uncle’s rape trial which will begin next Wednesday. Suva High Court Judge Justice Salesi Temo was told that the 27-year-old man was drinking alcohol with his niece an
A complaint has been filed with the Online Safety Commission in relation to the case where a call was made on social media for a rape survivor to be raped again. The Online Safety Commissioner Anne Dunn Baleilevuka
Suva High Court Judge Justice Salesi Temo has told the witness officer in an alleged murder case to do his job well and not waste the court’s time. This is in relation to the case where 30-year-old Jekope Naimawi
A Nasinu man who allegedly raped and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl has pleaded not guilty to his charges in the Suva High Court this morning. The man is charged with two counts of rape and one count of sexu
18 juveniles were charged with serious crimes last month. According to the DPP’s office, the juveniles were charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and theft offences. The DPP’s Office also sa
A 26-year-old man was charged with the murder of his 23-year-old brother last month. According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the man allegedly locked his brother inside his bedroom and set f
A former temporary relieving packer with the Fiji Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Services has pleaded guilty to causing the Ministry of Health a loss of $4,050.45 in the Suva Magistrates Court today. FICAC has charg
The Marist Brothers High School students who allegedly assaulted another student have reconciled with the victim. The 18-year-old senior prefect was produced before Suva Magistrate Seini Puamau this afternoon while
Former Suva lawyer Shazran Abdul Lateef and Zoe Maharaj Moore who are charged with drug possession will take their plea next Wednesday. They were supposed to take their plea before Chief Magistrate Usaia Ratuvili
3 senior prefects of a Suva based school will be produced in the Suva Magistrates Court after they were charged with allegedly assaulting a 17-year-old student from the same school while investigators are looking for a
A man who was charged with the rape and assault with the intention to commit rape of his partner has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by High Court Judge, Justice Daniel Goundar. It was heard in court that t
A 20-year-old man who allegedly killed a 40-year-old man in Colo-I-Suva in April this year appeared before High Court Judge Justice Vincent Perera today. The court has given time to the prosecution and defence to f
High Court Judge, Justice Daniel Goundar has granted a 35-year-old man’s request to get a psychiatric evaluation done to assist in his mitigation. The man raped a 2-year-old girl in a settlement in Namosi in 2018
A 19-year-old man who raped and sexually assaulted a Year 5 girl in a settlement in Labasa in March this year has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. The man had pleaded guilty to the charges and the incidents
