176 articles tagged "dpp"
246 people have been charged with a total of 531 counts of serious sexual offences from January 1st to December 31st 2020. The youngest accused person was an 11 year old boy who allegedly raped an 8 year old girl f
The Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde hopes some consideration could be given to the establishment of an independent police complaints authority. While speaking during the Fiji Police Force Command
Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde says it is estimated that the funds from illicit drug activities are more than $10 million per annum and local traffickers can make between $5,000 and $10,000 a day from
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Christopher Pryde has decided that no charges will be laid against the Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, in relation to his alleged involvement in two bombing incidents in 1987.
A Police officer was charged with the sexual assault of a woman after a drinking party in December, last year. There was one incident where a 28-year-old man was charged with five counts of rape of an 11-year-old g
The Director of Public Prosecutions has today filed an application in the Suva High Court to end the prosecution case against Ashween Lal accused of swinging a cane knife towards Shayal Prasad and threatening to kill he
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has returned Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s investigation file to Police for further investigation. DPP, Christopher Pryde confirms that the file contain
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is yet to issue a statement in relation to the investigation file of Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum which has been forwarded to the DPP’s Office by Police.
A police officer who allegedly lost critical evidence in the street mugging case of an elderly woman at the Suva Bus Stand in September is being investigated by the Police Internal Affairs Unit. The Director of the
A Police internal affairs investigation is underway after the Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde had to ask the High Court to issue an arrest warrant to compel the attendance of a Police officer to appear
The Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde says it is of increasing concern that Police officers are failing to properly caution suspects on their right to silence upon arrest. He says this basic right w
28 people have been charged with a total of 60 counts of separate incidents of serious sex offences in October. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions says there were 46 cases of rape, 1 case of attempt
High Court Judge, Justice Lyone Seneviratne will deliver his ruling on the 24th of next month in the case where the Director of Public Prosecutions has filed a restraining order on the $75,101.99 which is in the bank ac
A man who was facing rape and abduction charges is a free man today after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions filed to discontinue the case against him in the Suva High Court. The man was facing one c
18 of the 25 victims of serious sexual offences in June this year were under the age of 18 years. According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, there were 26 people charged with a total of 50 coun
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions confirms that 3 rape cases were discontinued in June 2020 due to false complaints while 1 case was discontinued as a 7 year old boy could not recall the alleged incident
