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High Court Judge Francis Mwanesalua will deliver his sentence tomorrow on a 51 year old man from Temotu Province, convicted of raping his young adopted daughter. The man is facing jail for three counts of rape.
26 Feb 2014
Crime
LOGGING COMPANY DIRECTOR DENIES DEFYING COURT ORDER
The Director of Samlinsan Company Limited has denied his company defied a High Court injunction order and conducted logging activities on Tehakamagoku in Rennell island. Junior Pao Eaukiewhu was testifying to the High Court during a hearing this morning.
25 Feb 2014
Crime
VELA MAN APPEARED BEHIND BARS IN COURT
A man from Vella Lavella Western Province has appeared behind bars at the Magistrate’s Court this morning for a murder. It was alleged the accused killed another man in Maravari Village, Vella La Vella over a land boundary dispute in November last year.
25 Feb 2014
Crime
TEMOTUAN AWAITS SENTENCE.
A Temotu man convicted of raping his adopted daughter will be sentenced next week. He initially stood trial on eight counts of rape, but this was reduced to four counts following a no case to answer submission from his lawyer.
21 Feb 2014
Land Issues
LANDOWNERS WANT LOGGING COMPANY OUT
Landowners in West Rennell, rallying behind a court order to keep a Malaysian logging company out of their island, have questioned why the Police has not responded to their request to have the company arrested for breaching the order.
19 Feb 2014
Crime
ABANA FILED FOR APPLICATION TO STAY COURT ORDER
East Fataleka M-P Steve Abana has filed an application to stay an order by the High Court for him to pay more than half a million dollars to a Silas Fakani. The order resulted in an enforcement order from the Court in which Mr Abana’s two vehicles were seized last week after he failed to
17 Feb 2014
Crime
MAN IN HIS MID FORTIES SENTENCED FOR TWO AND HALF YEARS
The High Court has sentenced a man in his mid-forties to 2 years six months in jail for attempting to rape and indecently assaulting his teenage step-daughter. The man was convicted on two counts of attempted rape and one count of indecent assault after pleading guilty.
17 Feb 2014
Crime
BEER THIEVES TRIED IN MAGISTRATE’S COURT
Three employees of Sol Brew Company Limited will stand trial at the Magistrate’s Court on 21 April for allegedly stealing 35 cartons of beer in July last year. The trial date was fixed after a short pre-trial conference yesterday.
13 Feb 2014
Crime
EIGHTY-YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER RELEASED ON BAIL
The Magistrate’s Court has released an eighty-year old grandfather from Isabel Province accused of indecently assaulting his grand daughter from custody this morning. The accused’s lawyer applied for bail because of the accused’s very old age.
12 Feb 2014
Crime
PACHA TO STAND FULL TRIAL AGAIN ON CONVERSION CHAGRES
Member of Parliament for South Guadalcanal David Dei Pacha will stand a full trial again on charges of conversion and abuse of office on the 14th of April. The Magistrates Court set his trial date this morning.
10 Feb 2014
Crime
ASSAULT CASES IN COURT TODAY
The police prosecution plans to oppose the bail application of an eighty-year-old grandfather from Isabel Province in custody for indecently assaulting his fourteen year old granddaughter last year.
10 Feb 2014
Top Headlines
SHEPHERD LAPO SWORN IN AS NEW PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE
Former legal advisor to Transparency Solomon Islands, Shepherd Lapo has been sworn in as a principal magistrate. Mr Lapo, most recently worked as legal advisor to the corruption watch-dog organization but is not a new face in the judicial workforce.
8 Feb 2014
Top Headlines
SIBEA: NO POLITICAL PRISONERS.
The Executive of the Solomon Islands Bar Association, SIBA, says there are no political prisoners at the Rove Correctional Centre and such reference to them is offensive.
6 Feb 2014
Top Headlines
9 YEARS FOR WIFE KILLER
The High Court has sentenced a young man who killed his pregnant wife with an axe at Gilbert Camp East Honiara in May 2012, to nine years in jail. The man was 17 and his young wife was 19 years old at the time. Police arrested him and charged him with one count of murder.
4 Feb 2014
Top Headlines
HIGH COURT ADJOURNS ASIAN PROSTITUTION HEARING APPEAL.
The High Court has adjourned hearing the appeal against the acquittal of two Asian men charged with prostitution to the 11th of next month. The appeal was set to be heard yesterday, but was adjourned because some relevant documents are yet to completed in the prosecution’s appeal book.
4 Feb 2014
Government
OPPOSITION ADAMANT ON COURT SETTLEMENT FOR MOTI ISSUE
The Opposition Leader has maintained his stand that any compensation claim for the deportation of Julian Moti must come from Solomon Islands courts. Dr Derek Sikua was responding to a suggestion by the East Choiseul MP that the government should proceed on with its decision for an out-of-court…
28 Jan 2014
Crime
MAGISTRATE’S YET TO FIX TRIAL DATE FOR PACHA
The Magistrates Court has yet to fix a trial date for South Guadalcanal MP David Dei Pacha because of a shortage of Presiding Magistrates. The MP will stand trial for the second time on charges of conversion and abuse of office.
28 Jan 2014
Crime
MAN ACCUSED OF RAPE APPEARED BEFORE MAGISTRATE’S
A man from Ngella, Central Province, accused of raping a girl after attacking her boyfriend, appeared before the Magistrate’s Court this morning. The Ngella Man is also accused of assaulting a police officer and escaping from lawful custody.
27 Jan 2014
Top Headlines
WOMAN CONCEALING HER SON’S BIRTH RELEASED FROM JAIL TERM
A South Malaita woman convicted of concealing the birth of her newborn son has been released from jail time because she served her sentence while in custody. The woman gave birth in April last year. Shortly after giving birth, she wrapped the baby in a cloth and put it inside a bag.
23 Jan 2014
Personalities
OPPOSITION LEADER LASHED OUT AT SOGAVARE OVER MOTI SAGA
Opposition Leader Dr. Derek Sikua has lashed out on earlier comments made by the Member of Parliament for East Choiseul Manasseh Sogavare. This came after Mr. Sogavare said he was surprised at Dr. Sikua’s call for an enquiry into Moti’s 2007 entry into the country when Dr.
23 Jan 2014