Crime
Jury chosen in Eagle trial
Tuesday 10 July 2012 | Published in Crime
The Operation Eagle trial began yesterday with the selection of a jury of 12. The accused – Giovanni Marsters, Inano Matapo and Samuel Tangaroa – have pleaded not guilty to the 31 charges laid jointly or separately against them. The charges include possession, importation and distribution of the class C drug cannabis. Initially police laid […]
Four in court for assaulting women
Monday 9 July 2012 | Published in Crime
High Court on July 5 was presided over by justice of the peace Carmen Temata, who passed the following judgments: Mii Matara – was in court for assaulting a female, to which he pleaded guilty. The defendant punched his victim in the eye and twice on her back. The maximum penalty for this charge is […]
Netball back on
Saturday 7 July 2012 | Published in Crime
The club netball competition heads back to the courts for the business end of the 2012 season. On Wednesday night, the open one and two grades took to the TSA courts for the semi finals where Arorangi beat Tupapa 35-30 in the open two grade while Avatiu edged out Titikaveka by one point 27-26 in […]
'Disappointed'
Thursday 5 July 2012 | Published in Crime
A panel of justices of the peace said it was ”disappointed“ to see a local man back in court after a four year hiatus from crime. Rangi Tuaru appeared in the High Court yesterday in front of JPs John Kenning, John Whitta and Georgina Keenan-Williams for receiving a stolen bottle of gin. ”We want to […]
2 lawyers sworn in
Monday 2 July 2012 | Published in Crime
Two lawyers were admitted to the Cook Islands bar as barristers and solicitors last week. Justice Hugh Williams admitted Vanessa Bruton on Thursday and former justice secretary Mark Short on Friday 29, meaning they can appear in court here on behalf of their clients. Bruton was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High […]
Restaurateurs told off for tax evasion
Monday 2 July 2012 | Published in Crime
Husband and wife restaurateurs Christopher and Akisi Mussell were sentenced by Justice Hugh Williams in the High Court on Friday. The Mussells were sentenced to fines totaling $11,000 for money structuring, after pleading guilty in the High Court on June 18. Mussell faced eight charges and his wife two, all laid under the financial transactions […]
Two men face multiple charges
Saturday 30 June 2012 | Published in Crime
Two men were in the High Court before justice of the peace Carmen Temata on Thursday each facing a high number of charges, including burglary and assault. Sakaraia Sucuigau pleaded guilty to 10 charges, some of which were outstanding from 2008. Defence counsel Norman George said Sucuigau had been through four or five different lawyers […]
Drink drive cases dominate court
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in Crime
These are some of the cases that Justice of the Peace John Kenning presided over in the High court on June 21, the rest having already been reported: Tiare Tamatoa Kura appeared on an excess breath alcohol charge, after causing a motorcycle crash in which the passenger sustained a head injury. The defendant said he […]
Assault and drugs charges in court
Monday 25 June 2012 | Published in Crime
These are some of the cases that Justice of the Peace John Kenning presided over in the High Court on June 21: Japhet Manuel appeared in court on a number of charges, including assault on a female. These charges have been adjourned for a number of times for the defendant to find legal counsel. On […]
Teen convicted on 5 charges
Monday 25 June 2012 | Published in Crime
Teauariki Maka faced five separate charges dating back to 2010 in the high court yesterday [Friday] in front of Judge Hugh Williams. The charges were burglary, failure to stop on demand, contempt of court, unlawful taking of a motorbike and possession of 15 grams of cannabis. The burglary happened on Christmas Eve, and included the […]
Teens convicted on drug charges
Monday 25 June 2012 | Published in Crime
Two teenaged boys have been convicted on drugs charges by Judge Hugh Williams in the High Court. Anania Uriarau and Ngametua Kimiia, both 19, were sentenced to 12 months on probation for possessing and smoking cannabis and possessing drug utensils, in the form of homemade bongs. On April 2 this year, police found the two […]
Man jailed for indecent assault
Monday 25 June 2012 | Published in Crime
Judge Hugh Williams told a man that his warped sense of entitlement and a cannabis addiction may have caused him to commit serious crimes, including indecently assaulting a woman. Koro Tangaroa was sentenced in the High Court on Friday to seven months in prison for eight separate charges. ”It seemed you had a sense of […]
Mussells plead guilty to 'structuring'
Wednesday 20 June 2012 | Published in Crime
Husband and wife Christopher and Akisi Mussell were in the High Court on Monday facing a number of ‘money structuring’ charges. They both pleaded guilty to all charges in front of Judge Hugh Williams. They will be sentenced next week and face a maximum sentence of up to 12 months in prison or a fine […]
'Next time you'll go to jail'
Tuesday 19 June 2012 | Published in Crime
Justice of the peace Carmen Temata presided over the following cases in the High Court on June 14: Tereinga Rima – was in court for common assault. In February this year Rima appeared before the court for assaulting a female, for which he is on probation. Temata told Rima to listen carefully. ”What you have […]
Policeman charged
Thursday 7 June 2012 | Published in Crime
A policeman will appear in court today on charges of careless driving following a crash on Saturday morning involving a police vehicle and a parked car. Police report that at 4.23am on Saturday, a mobile police patrol carrying three officers collided with an unoccupied parked vehicle on the main road at Kavera. Both vehicles were […]
'Choice is in your hands'
Thursday 7 June 2012 | Published in Crime
Justice of the Peace Carmen Temata presided over the following cases in the High Court last Thursday: Travel Engu – faced a charge of breach of community service. Engu had failed to report to community services on three occasions and failed to offer an excuse. It was his fourth appearance for breach of community service […]
Judge will hear jury trial
Tuesday 5 June 2012 | Published in Crime
Justice Hugh Williams is scheduled to arrive on Rarotonga June 17 to preside over a two-week-long session of the criminal and civil court. On his first day Justice Williams will hear a jury trial in relation to money laundering charges brought against Christopher and Akisi Mussell, who are represented by lawyer Tony Manarangi. The trial […]
Judge conducts Eagle pre-hearing
Friday 1 June 2012 | Published in Crime
Justice Colin Doherty has this week heard interlocutory applications in relation to three Operation Eagle defendants, but has reserved his decision to this weekend. Justice Doherty arrived in the Cook Islands last Sunday, and starting Tuesday heard applications concerning evidence submitted against defendants Giovanni Marsters, Inano Matapo and Samuel Tangaroa. Interlocutory applications represent the intermediate […]
Drunk teen punched walls, damaged cell
Monday 28 May 2012 | Published in Crime
Justice of the peace Carmen Temata presided over the following cases in the High Court last Thursday: Clem Manuel appeared on one charge of wilful damage to a property and one charge of disorderly behavior. Police prosecutor Ruth Hosking-Tane says that at around 3.44 am on Saturday May 5, Manuel was at Raro Fried Chicken […]
High Court judge Colin Nicholson retiring
Friday 25 May 2012 | Published in Crime
Cook Islands’ High Court judge Justice Colin Nicholson is retiring at the end of this month. Nicholson has served as a judge in the Cooks since his appointment in April 2005. During that time he conducted a wide range of criminal and civil cases. He was the first judge to prosecute Cook Islanders for DVD […]
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