Crime
Nurse disqualified for drink driving
Tuesday 18 October 2011 | Published in Crime
For crashing a car into a Tupapa property while driving drunk at 2am, a Rarotonga hospital nurse has been convicted, fined $200 and disqualified from driving and holding or obtaining a drivers licence for 12 months. Amelia Karavaki has also been ordered to pay court costs of $30 and to surrender her current drivers licence […]
Court deals with driving charges
Monday 17 October 2011 | Published in Crime
For driving while disqualified on the main road at Arorangi on September 29, Tutai Amiri has been convicted, fined $100 and ordered to pay court costs of $30. Amiri appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before senior justice of the peace John Kenning on October 6. He works at the CITC main […]
Justice secretary wants to transfer survey division
Monday 17 October 2011 | Published in Crime
Governments survey division currently within the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning might be aligned with the Ministry of Justice. Prime Minister Henry Puna, who also holds the justice portfolio, says the separation of survey from justice is causing some problems with land court cases. New justice secretary Tingika Elikana, the former Cook Islands solicitor general, […]
Guilty plea
Saturday 15 October 2011 | Published in Crime
A 17-year-old Panama resident has pleaded guilty to one charge of attempting to have sexual intercourse with a girl aged less than 12 years. The teenager, whose name is suppressed to protect the identity of the victim, appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before justice of the peace Bernice Manarangi on Thursday. […]
Resentencing date set
Tuesday 11 October 2011 | Published in Crime
Tupapa woman Yvonne Quarter is due to be resentenced by Justice Christine Grice in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on December 5. Quarter appeared in the court yesterday morning before New Zealand land court judge Justice Patrick Savage in order for a resentencing date to be set. Initially Quarters resentencing was scheduled for […]
18 charges under review
Tuesday 11 October 2011 | Published in Crime
Crown law is reviewing a criminal court case involving 18 charges, mostly for burglary. The case against Metuamoeroa Tangatapoto was called in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before senior justice of the peace John Kenning on October 6. Some of his charges relate to 2008 and 2009 incidents and defence counsel Norman George […]
Maximum fine for drunk driving
Tuesday 11 October 2011 | Published in Crime
For driving while almost four times over the intoxication limit, a man from Penrhyn Island has been convicted, fined the maximum of $500 and disqualified from driving and holding or obtaining a drivers licence for 12 months. Tokoa Tati appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before senior justice of the peace John […]
Breach of curfew
Monday 10 October 2011 | Published in Crime
Operation Eagle defendant Dina Matapo will next appear in the court on November 15 for trial on a single charge of contempt. Her case was called in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before senior justice of the peace John Kenning on Thursday October 6. Matapo did not appear in the court because she […]
Operation Eagle cases delayed
Monday 10 October 2011 | Published in Crime
All remaining Operation Eagle court cases are due to be called in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on November 16 before a single justice of the peace. Initially the 11 defendants were scheduled to appear in court for call-over on Thursday October 6 but dates have been changed. In November it is most […]
2 months community service for punching woman
Monday 10 October 2011 | Published in Crime
For punching a woman in the face while drunk, Jonathan Mokoha has received an additional two months community service on his existing probation term which is due to expire in April next year. Mokoha, an employee at Cafe Ariki, appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice of the Peace Pae Tuteru […]
Woman who stole $30,000 back in court
Monday 10 October 2011 | Published in Crime
Tupapa woman Yvonne Quarter is due to appear in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before land court judge Justice Patrick Savage today. Quarter, who was earlier this year convicted of stealing $30,000 from Air Rarotonga, will likely be re-sentenced in the Court of Appeal when it sits for one week at the end […]
Convicted of stealing cash
Wednesday 5 October 2011 | Published in Crime
For stealing hundreds of dollars in cash from three properties, 17-year-old Witamahema Metuakore has been convicted, ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months and made to pay reparation of $130. Metuakore appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before three justices of the peace last Wednesday. She had […]
Former political candidate admits assault
Wednesday 5 October 2011 | Published in Crime
Prominent Rarotonga businessman and former political candidate Sam Crocombe has admitted assaulting Nikao resident Wilfred Dauvois. Crocombe appeared before Justice of the Peace Pae Tuteru in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on September 29 and entered a guilty plea to his one charge of common assault. Crocombe, who owns Raro Safari Tours, is […]
17-year-old remanded in prison
Wednesday 5 October 2011 | Published in Crime
Seventeen-year-old Joshua Koteka of Ngatangiia has been remanded in custody until October 27, when he will come before a judge in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua. Koteka was called in the court before three justices of the peace on Wednesday. (September 28) He did not appear in the dock and his appearance was […]
Court hears Operation Eagle cases
Wednesday 5 October 2011 | Published in Crime
Tomorrow will be a busy day in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua. All 11 remaining Operation Eagle defendants are due to be called in the court before a single justice of the peace. Their cases are likely to be further adjourned, as evidence is still being analysed in offshore laboratories and obtained by […]
Audiball and Aquanaughties hit their straps
Tuesday 4 October 2011 | Published in Crime
Last Tuesday saw week 2 of the Turtles Mixed Business House Basketball Competition. At 6pm Audiball and cookislandstravel.com were on the court ready to go. Both teams struggled to find their rhythms at the start, but after a while they were basket for basket. At the 10 minute mark Audiball started stretching its lead with […]
Fatality case in court
Saturday 1 October 2011 | Published in Crime
A 21-year-old involved in the motor vehicle accident that killed Boye Nicholas has been convicted of drink-driving. Papaturua Maretapu, a kitchen hand at Trader Jacks Bar and Restaurant, appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice of the Peace Pae Tuteru on Thursday. He had already admitted one charge of driving with […]
Businessman charged with assault
Tuesday 27 September 2011 | Published in Crime
Prominent Rarotonga businessman and former political candidate Sam Crocombe is the subject of a criminal court case. Crocombe, who owns Raro Safari Tours, appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before justice of the peace John Kenning recently. He is charged with common assault and is likely to face further charges. During the […]
Defendant pleads guilty to illegal purchase of duty free
Tuesday 27 September 2011 | Published in Crime
A second person has been arrested in relation to the illegal purchasing of duty free items. Junior Konitara Vaine Tuteru appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before justice of the peace Tangi Taoro on Thursday, charged with conspiring to defraud customs through the purchasing of duty free goods, therefore obtained illegally. The […]
Assault, theft, burglary dealt with
Tuesday 27 September 2011 | Published in Crime
For assaulting a father and son during a domestic dispute, Kaukura Nia has been convicted, fined $200 and ordered to pay a $195 medical bill as well as court costs of $30. He is also subject to a six-month deferred sentence, which means if he reoffends in that time he could face further penalty. Nia, […]
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