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…
Category: <span>Court</span>
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…