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…
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.
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.
The RSIPF Police Commissioner says the Guadalcanal Police have positively responded to a disorder situation at Ruavuatu on Tuesday. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast says police will not tolerate such behaviours in the community.
Police have confirmed, they are currently investigating the beche-der-mer consignment which was stolen from the Ministry of Fisheries compound late last year. Assistant Commissioner for Provincial Operations Selwyn Rotu told the media today in the police weekly conference.
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 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.
A group of individuals has entered and robbed the Gold Ridge Mining office at Bubulake, over the weekend. SIBC’s North Guadalcanal stringer Dudley Gani said the robbers looted the company’s properties at its Bubulake office.
A young man in his early twenties will serve seven years in prison for raping a 14 year old girl in January last year. The man pleaded guilty after he was committed for trial at the High Court. He was attending a fundraising held at a private house when he told another girl to bring the victim to
The High Court has sentenced a man from Western Province to 13 years prison sentence for the rape of an 18 year old high school student in Gizo, Western Province. Dick Alu was convicted on two counts of rape.
Three men accused of allegedly stealing and selling six solar power panels from the Our Telekom Tower in Tamboko, West Guadalcanal have appeared before the Magistrate’s Court this week. The men are charged with two counts each of simple larceny.
The Magistrate’s Court has warned a woman to be kind and look after her five-year-old daughter or face imprisonment for a year. Principal Magistrate Jim Seuika sounded out the warning today when he sentenced the woman with a bound over for twelve months.
The Crown has concluded its case against South Guadalcanal MP David Pacha this morning at the Magistrate’s Court. The final witness testified for the Crown this morning. He is the sixth witness to testify for the prosecution in the re-trial of Mr Pacha’s case this year.
High Court Judge Stephen Pallaras has said every civilized community, village and family expect more maturity from its adults. He made the statement when sentencing a father of five to 13 years in jail for raping and assaulting his 15-year-old niece in November 2012 , at Leo Creek in Honiara.
