Crime
Possessing bong charge defended
Monday 19 December 2011 | Published in Crime
Government worker Cyrus Nielsen is defending a charge of possessing a bong claiming he brought it into the country for the use of smoking tobacco. Nielsen appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua for sentencing by Justice Christine Grice on Thursday. He initially pleaded guilty to one charge of possessing a utensil used […]
No time for sentencings in court
Monday 19 December 2011 | Published in Crime
Such a heavy sentencing schedule in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua has meant some cases have been further delayed. Justice Christine Grice was initially expected to sentence ten defendants in the court on Friday (December 16) but managed just seven. From 9am to 4pm one sentencing followed another, but in the end three […]
Sexual offence case adjourned
Monday 19 December 2011 | Published in Crime
An Arorangi man facing 10 charges, including one of attempting to have sex with a young girl, will next appear in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on January 19. The man, who has continued interim name suppression to protect the identity of the victim, has yet to enter pleas to the charges. He […]
Convicted, discharged on false accounting charges
Saturday 17 December 2011 | Published in Crime
On two charges of false accounting, 17-year-old Puretu Peyroux has been punished with convictions and discharged. The teenager appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice Christine Grice for sentencing yesterday, having previously admitted the offences. Crown prosecutor Tuaine Manavaroa told the court how Peyroux was a Bank of the Cook Islands […]
$1000 fine for threatening to kill
Saturday 17 December 2011 | Published in Crime
For threatening to kill or do grievous bodily harm to a husband and wife, Marshall Ngaro has been convicted, fined $1000 and ordered to pay court costs of $30. The teenager appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice Christine Grice for sentencing yesterday. Ngaro previously admitted the charge, which relates to […]
Links between domestic violence, drug abuse
Saturday 17 December 2011 | Published in Crime
A life of witnessing domestic violence has contributed to a young offenders drug abuse, the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua heard yesterday. Mareko Ringia (24) appeared in the court for sentencing by Justice Christine Grice, having previously admitted two charges of possessing cannabis and possessing an utensil used to smoke cannabis. Defence counsel Mathilda […]
Trial likely in sand case
Saturday 17 December 2011 | Published in Crime
A civil court case for damages of $465,000 for the removal of sand from a Ngatangiia property is likely to go to trial next year. Justice Christine Grice heard the latest application in the case at the Cook Islands High Court in Avarua on Thursday. Defence counsel Charles Petero, representing defendant Travis Moore, applied to […]
Drug sale to undercover cop nets offender
Saturday 17 December 2011 | Published in Crime
For one charge of selling cannabis Operation Eagle defendant George Nicholls has been convicted and sentenced to 12 months probation with three months community service. Nicholls has also been ordered to pay court costs of $30 and undertake any training as directed by the probation service. He appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at […]
No jail time for Eagle defendant
Saturday 17 December 2011 | Published in Crime
Operation Eagle defendant Victor Wichman has escaped a jail term on two convictions of cultivating and selling cannabis. Wichman appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua for sentencing by Justice Christine Grice yesterday, having previously admitted the two charges. In 2010 Wichman was unknowingly caught up in an undercover police operation now termed […]
3 months for stealing $30,000
Saturday 17 December 2011 | Published in Crime
For stealing three times a week, every week for 18 months a total of $30,000, Yvonne Quarter has been re-sentenced to three months in jail and made to pay all outstanding reparation of $1500. Quarter appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday for re-sentencing by Justice Christine Grice on a single charge […]
Bail variation granted
Friday 16 December 2011 | Published in Crime
Operation Eagle defendant Scott Arlander has been gran- ted a variation of his bail conditions. An application for his bail variation was called in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice Christine Grice yesterday. Cook Islands News is unable to publish details of the application or resulting outcomes due to a suppression order. […]
4 years for rape and assault
Friday 16 December 2011 | Published in Crime
For raping, indecently assaulting and threatening to kill a woman during a prolonged, violent and horrific attack 40-year-old Tauira Nikoia has been sentenced to four years imprisonment. Nikoia, who has been residing in Ngatangiia, appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice Christine Grice for sentencing yesterday. He recently admitted three charges […]
MMR awarded $1500 in court
Thursday 15 December 2011 | Published in Crime
The Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has been awarded costs of $1500 in respect of a civil court case involving the Northern Cook Islands Fishing Company (NCIFC). MMR has been brought into the proceedings as a third party. The case, which is essentially a dispute between NCIFC and Taiwanese fishing firm Yuh Yow Marine Ltd, […]
Jury acquits convicted criminal
Thursday 15 December 2011 | Published in Crime
Tupapa builder Iorama Ngataua has been found not guilty on two charges of aggravated robbery and assaulting a woman, which relate to an incident at Panama on April 10 this year. Ngataua denied the charges and his case was subject to trial in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice Christine Grice and […]
Former policeman acquitted
Tuesday 13 December 2011 | Published in Crime
Former Cook Islands police officer Rangiua Henry has been found not guilty on two charges of forgery. Henry appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice Christine Grice last week, for a judge and jury trial. He had denied the two forgery charges, which related to an incident at Avarua on January […]
Court deals with assault, theft, burglary charges
Tuesday 13 December 2011 | Published in Crime
Two brothers who both admit assaulting their aunt have each been given a six-month suspended sentence. Orwell and Takuenemi Marsters appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before justice of the peace Tauei Solomon on December 8. Both were charged with a single count of (being a male) assaulting a female. The offending […]
Judge hears high court cases
Tuesday 13 December 2011 | Published in Crime
This week New Zealand judge Justice Christine Grice is busy with a full list of criminal hearings and sentencings in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua including four Operation Eagle cases. She was scheduled to consider four cases yesterday and again today is expected to call five matters, including the petition for the winding […]
Woman granted name suppression
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in Crime
A woman was granted name suppression in the high court last Thursday despite her lawyers assertion that his reason for requesting suppression was no longer valid. Lawyer Wilkie Rasmussen represented a woman who appeared on a charge of driving with excess breath alcohol, to which she has entered a plea of not guilty. Rasmussen advised […]
Suppression order approved despite previous convictions
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in Crime
A man was granted name suppression in court on Thursday despite the fact that his previous convictions render him ineligible for the privilege. He appeared on a charge of common assault, to which he pleaded not guilty. Justice of the peace Tui Short granted the man name suppression in spite of firm opposition from the […]
Christmas comes early for man in court
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in Crime
Christmas came early for lawyer Norman George and his client Metuatane Taamaru in the high court last Thursday morning. Taamaru appeared on a charge of possession of cannabis, which justice of the peace Tui Short dismissed for want of prosecution. I believe Santa Claus has arrived early for us, a jovial George told the court. […]
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