Crime
Defendant may be in position to enter plea
Tuesday 20 December 2011 | Published in Crime
A man charged with possessing cannabis, smoking cannabis and possessing a utensil used to smoke cannabis may enter pleas to the offences when he appears in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua tomorrow. Henry Henry was called in the court before Justice of the Peace Ina Tautu last week. His defence counsel Charles Petero […]
Case set for next year
Tuesday 20 December 2011 | Published in Crime
The latest court case between Vaka Television chief executive David Reuther and Australian national Christine Backer is likely to proceed to trial next year. Backer is seeking $111,980 from Reuther, who sponsored her to work in the Cook Islands last year. Their business relationship soured after Backer had transferred $125,000 to Reuther for various initiatives […]
Fine for tirade at golf course
Tuesday 20 December 2011 | Published in Crime
For a drunken tirade at the Rarotonga Golf Course, William Wade has been fined $300 and ordered to pay reparation of $50 as well as court costs of $30. He appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua last week for sentencing by Justice Christine Grice on three charges. Wade (25) had previously admitted […]
Ex policeman faces retrial
Monday 19 December 2011 | Published in Crime
Crown prosecutors have won the latest part in a criminal court proceeding against former Cook Islands police officer Leighton Boaza. Recently the Court of Appeal, sitting in Rarotonga, heard the case. Boazas lawyer Lavenia Rokoika appealed a high court judges decision which allowed crown prosecutors to retrial the defendant on a charge of driving while […]
Teen convicted of sex crime
Monday 19 December 2011 | Published in Crime
A year-long probation term and community service has been imposed on a 17-year-old convicted of inducing a young child to perform on him an indecent sexual act. Tuiate Dean appeared for sentence in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice Christine Grice yesterday. He had previously admitted the one charge against him, which […]
Fine, probation for cannabis use
Monday 19 December 2011 | Published in Crime
For three charges of supplying and smoking cannabis as well as possessing a bong, Ben Tuakana has been convicted and fined $750 and sentenced to 12 months probation with six months community service. Tuakana appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua for sentencing by Justice Christine Grice yesterday, having previously admitted the charges. […]
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 […]
Teen sentenced to probation
Monday 19 December 2011 | Published in Crime
For two charges of theft by finding and possessing a utensil used to smoke cannabis, Titikaveka teenager Maara Teritaiti has been convicted and sentenced to 12 months probation. Teritaiti (17) appeared for sentence in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice Christine Grice yesterday, having previously admitted the charges. Crown prosecutor Junior Ngatokorua […]
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 […]
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 […]
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