A man is in custody under suspicion of killing his wife during a domestic row at the staff housing area at the Kukum Campus of the Solomon Islands National University. The woman’s body was discovered early Wednesday morning under a tree near her house, with a piece of rope around her neck.
The Magistrate Court has adjourned the sentencing submissions and mitigation for a man who was arrested for wielding a 30 centimetre hook during the Prime Minister’s election in 2011.
The new Chief Magistrate of the Honiara Magistrates Court Emanuel Kouhota said the increasing incidents of rape in Solomon Islands is worrying. Chief Magistrate Kouhota made the statement after being sworn-in by the country’s Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) NCID Unit have finally arrested and charged a man in his 40’s in relation to the Beche-de-mer theft at the Fisheries compound last year.
Traffic offenders have claimed in Court they paid fines to traffic officers who arrested them expecting they will be free of further prosecution. Two traffic offenders told the Court they paid fines to the traffic officers who arrested them and see no reason why they should also pay fines to the…
Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer says there will be a vigorous recruitment drive for new Magistrates to fill in long outstanding vacancies within the Magistracy in the next few weeks.
The new Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Kouhota says he will assist the Magistrates Court dispense its huge backlog of cases. The former Leadership Code Commission Chairman has been with the LCC for almost twelve years. The new Chief Magistrate says after such a long time, he feels it is time to move on.
The High Court has yesterday sentenced a 33 year old father from Marau, Guadalcanal Province to eight years in prison for raping his 12 year old daughter. The father earlier pleaded guilty to the 5 counts of rape he committed on different occasions last year.
The country’s new Chief Magistrate has taken his oath this afternoon. Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Kouhota was sworn in by the Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer before members of the Judiciary.
Justice Francis Mwanesalua has adjourned a defence case in relation to the case of a man accused of the murder of another man at Lungga river, East Honiara in 2010 to tomorrow. In the High Court Thursday last week the accused presented his sworn statement of the incident.
The Magistrates Court has ordered a murder accused to find a lawyer to represent him in Court because he is facing a very serious charge. The young man and his co-accused are each facing a murder charge.
Four men at Masupa Village in East Are Are, Malaita Province have been arrested on charges of malicious damage to properties belonging to a logging camp in the area. The incident occurred on August 29, last month.
Principal Magistrate Rodgers Tovosia has resigned from office. Supervising Secretary to the Public Service Commission Dromand Rupert confirmed Mr Tovosia resigned from office late July. Mr Tovosia has been suspended on half-pay since bribery allegations against him surfaced early this year.
The High Court has convicted a father of two from Ngella, Central Islands Province for the murder of his younger brother, just a day after his trial began. Judge Stephen Pallaras pronounced the ‘guilty’ verdict, after overwhelming testimonies from three prosecution witnesses in Court yesterday.
The High Court has ordered the Prime Minister’s legal counsel to provide further disclosures in a current defamation case against him. Russell Islands Plantation Estate Limited (RIPEL) General Manager John Whiteside named Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo as the first defendant in a defamation…
The Director of Public Prosecutions Ronald Talasasa has defended public prosecutors, saying they do not lack training and have continuous legal training to improve their skills in Court.
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Ronald Bei Talasasa Junior has denied he has at anytime disrupted a trial to accommodate his travels overseas. Director Mr Talasasa made this comment in response to comments by High Court Judge Stephen Pallaras during a workshop last week, who said the country…
The High Court will sentence a 33 year old father from Marau, East Guadalcanal next month for raping his 12-year old daughter five times last year. The father pleaded guilty to the five counts of rape. He was supposed to receive his sentence today, but it was not ready.
A father of six children from Isabel Province who had sex with his eldest daughter and attempted to rape his second daughter will hear his fate as soon as the prosecution council provide a victim impact statement to the High Court Judge next week.
High Court judge Stephen Pallaras has criticised the regular and frequent absence of the country’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on sporting tours overseas, saying it has impacted negatively on the justice system.
