Crime
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
Buck stops with Appeal court
Friday 2 December 2011 | Published in Crime
Plans for a Cook Islands criminal court case to go all the way to the Privy Council in the United Kingdom have been thwarted by the Court of Appeal this week. Terekimiora Katoa is charged with importing cannabis an offence he denies. The case, which dates back to August 2009, was heard in the Cook […]
Court reserves decision in employment dispute case
Friday 2 December 2011 | Published in Crime
A decision in the civil case between health secretary Tupou Faireka and former director of hospital services Heather Webber-Aitu had been reserved. Presiding over the Court of Appeal in Rarotonga this week, Sir Ian Barker, David Williams and Barry Paterson heard the case on Tuesday. Webber-Aitu claims Faireka breached her employment contract by advertising her […]
Freedom short-lived
Friday 2 December 2011 | Published in Crime
The freedom of defendant Kakino Kakino has been relatively short-lived. On November 17 the Arorangi resident was granted bail subject to strict conditions, having spent more than four months remanded in jail. But Kakino is back in Arorangis prison. He denies charges of (being a male) assaulting a female, threatening to kill, and three counts […]
Decision reserved in case involving former officer
Friday 2 December 2011 | Published in Crime
The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in the case involving former Cook Islands police officer Leighton Boaza. New Zealand judges Sir Ian Barker, David Williams and Barry Paterson are presiding over the Cook Islands Court of Appeal in Rarotonga this week. On Monday morning they heard submissions in respect of Boazas appeal against […]
4 claims
Wednesday 30 November 2011 | Published in Crime
Plaintiffs in four civil court cases are collectively seeking $155,388 from defendants. Details of the four cases, currently before the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua, are published in the latest edition of the Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) Gazette. With the most money at stake is a case against David Reuther, from which Christine […]
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