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The case of the 24-year-old man who allegedly assaulted and struck his pregnant sister with an iron rod on Saturday has been transferred to the Suva High Court. The man who has been charged with one count of Assaul
A 25-year-old man who allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl during the curfew hours in a cemetery in Suva appeared before High Court Judge Justice Riyaz Hamza this morning. It is alleged that on the 10th of last mont
A 73- year-old man has pleaded guilty to raping a 7-year-old boy in a church in Nausori last year. Both attended the same church and the boy was playing with his two siblings inside the church. The incident ha
A 26 year old man who allegedly stabbed his defacto partner several times on Saturday in Nadi has been remanded in custody. The man faces one count each of act with intent to cause grievous harm and breach of domes
The lawyer for a man charged with allegedly raping and sexually assaulting his stepdaughter in Samabula told the High Court today that his client had received a phone call from someone claiming to work at the High Court
High Court Judge Justice Daniel Goundar has decided not to accept the guilty plea of a man who allegedly murdered his wife. The alleged incident happened in Nasinu on the 29th of December last year after a heated a
The 26-year-old man who allegedly stabbed his defacto partner several times in Nadi following a heated argument has been charged with one count of Act with Intent to Cause Grievous Harm. He will be produced at the
A production order has been issued by the Suva Magistrates Court for former Suva lawyer Shazran Abdul Lateef and Zoe Maharaj Moore after they failed to appear in Suva Magistrates Court today. Lateef is in remand wh
A 22-year-old man from Verata, Nausori who stole tithe envelopes containing $2,340 cash from the Centenary Methodist Church will be sentenced next Friday. Shain Zoher Razak appeared before Suva Magistrate Waleen Ge
The Suva Magistrates Court has dismissed the charges against a suspended school teacher who was allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine as the Police Prosecution failed to produce any evidence against him.
19-year-old Zuhair Dean who allegedly started the house fire that killed four elderly women in Benau, Labasa in April this year has been released on bail while his alleged accomplice Saimumu Din has been further remande
The Fiji Court of Appeal has refused the appeal of Bernard Hicks who is serving jail term for a count of murder. Hicks was produced before Fiji Court of Appeal Judge Justice Chandana Prematilaka. The appeal wa
A 35-year-old woman was in tears today when she told the court that she and her 5-year-old daughter were kidnapped by the alleged robbers who then wanted $250,000 from her husband and father-in-law on the 27th of Februa
A bus driver and a checker have been released on bail after they appeared in the Nasinu Magistrates Court for allegedly being found with methamphetamine inside their bus. Avinesh Chand and Avishek Naidu were produc
Josevata Koroi who is charged with murdering his wife in May this year has pleaded not guilty to the charge in the Suva High Court this morning. The 33-year-old man who allegedly stabbed his wife to death in Naqara
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Christopher Pryde, has filed an appeal against the sentence handed down to Paula Vosa-toka-era by the Suva High Court on 22nd May 2020. Vosa-toka-era was convicted and sentenced
A former employee and a current employee of the Land Transport Authority appeared in the Nasinu Magistrates Court today on corruption related charges. FICAC has charged Adi Vakacegu Ramanakiwai Veronika Malani and
Five police officers appeared in the Nausori Magistrates Court today for their alleged involvement in the Naqia assault case on 14th April 2020. Sevanaia Narogi, Kameli Tukana, Mafoa Korosaya and Inoke Nagata are c
Jone Vakarisi who allegedly assaulted his wife between 29th May and 5th June has told the Suva High Court this morning that his wife has filed a submission to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to withdra
A case against prominent lawyers, Wasu Pillay and Shailend Krishna was called before the Independent Legal Services Commission this afternoon. The charges were not read in court. Pillay is represented by promi
