Crime
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 […]
Warrant for arrest of Eagle man
Monday 26 September 2011 | Published in Crime
An arrest warrant for Operation Eagle defendant Ricky Carlson was issued by Justice of the Peace Tangi Taoro in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua last week, following Carlsons second consecutive non-appearance in court. Carlson faces a contempt of court charge in relation to alleged breach of bail conditions, on top of his 12 […]
Fun start to a week of running
Saturday 24 September 2011 | Published in Crime
Colourful wigs, bright tutus and light-hearted banter at Thursday afternoons fun run hailed the start of a week of running. Runners and walkers taking on todays Round Raro Road Race plus supporters let their hair down on Thursday for the fun run course which led runners up the Takuvaine valley and back to Trader Jacks. […]
Kakino guilty on 4 counts
Thursday 22 September 2011 | Published in Crime
Remand prisoner Kakino Kakino Junior will learn next week whether he has been found guilty on four charges of contempt of court. Kakino appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on Tuesday before Justice of the Peace John Kenning to defend the charges. He denies being in contempt of court, as well as […]
JP deals with theft, threatening to kill, assault
Thursday 22 September 2011 | Published in Crime
On four charges relating to theft, Walter Strickland will be sentenced by three justices of the peace in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on September 28. Strickland appeared in the court on September 15 before JP John Kenning, facing two charges in addition to three earlier ones. Strickland now admits theft of Jim […]
Grice to preside over sand removal case
Tuesday 13 September 2011 | Published in Crime
Justice Christine Grice will next consider a civil court case seeking damages of $465,000 for the removal of sand from a Ngatangiia property. Justice Grice is scheduled to preside over the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua in December, when the Taakoka Island Villas Ltd case against Travis Moore will next be called. The case […]
Kakinos sixth bail bid denied
Saturday 10 September 2011 | Published in Crime
Remand prisoner Kakino Kakino Junior has had his sixth consecutive application for bail denied. Kakino (30) appeared before Chief Justice Tom Weston in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua this week, represented by defence counsel Lavenia Rokoika. He denies nine charges including three counts of burglary, (being a male) assaulting a female, threatening to […]
CJ asks for more detail from prosecution
Saturday 10 September 2011 | Published in Crime
For cultivating two cannabis plants, each more than one metre in height, and possessing a shoe box of dried cannabis material Blair Wilson has been convicted and sentenced to 12 months probation with eight months community service, fined $500 and ordered to pay court costs of $30. He appeared for sentence by Chief Justice Tom […]
Judge alleges police favouritism in customs case
Saturday 10 September 2011 | Published in Crime
Airport security officer Michael Williams has been convicted and fined $2000 for illegally purchasing $1500 worth of duty free items for another person. Williams, of Nikao, admitted the two charges he faced, laid under a 98-year-old customs act, and appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua for sentence by Chief Justice Tom Weston […]
Sentence a chance to get back on the rails
Saturday 10 September 2011 | Published in Crime
For possessing an 18cm high cannabis plant and a utensil used to smoke cannabis, 18-year-old Tupapa resident Christopher Tangatakino has been convicted and sentenced to 12 months probation. He is to serve the first four months of probation on community service, and for the next two months is subject to a 9pm to 7am curfew. […]
Man narrowly escapes jail sentence
Saturday 10 September 2011 | Published in Crime
Matavera resident Corey Nicholas has narrowly escaped a jail sentence on convictions of seven charges including cultivating cannabis and receiving stolen property. Nicholas (28), appeared before Chief Justice Tom Weston for sentence in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua this week after previously pleading guilty. Early last month police executed a search warrant on […]
CJ reserves decision on land agent
Saturday 10 September 2011 | Published in Crime
Chief Justice Tom Weston has reserved his decision in the court case brought by Nooroa Tuoro against the Land Agents Board. The case was heard by CJ Weston in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua this week. Tuoro is represented by lawyer Lavenia Rokoika and the Land Agents Board by solicitor general Tingika Elikana. […]
Big day of court sentences
Thursday 8 September 2011 | Published in Crime
Chief Justice Tom Weston will this morning sentence five defendants on charges including rape, cultivation of cannabis, careless driving causing injury and possession of drug paraphernalia. The sentencing is due to begin in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua from 9am. A 31-year-old Mangaian builder has admitted raping a woman on the southern group […]
PSC looks into justice staffing
Thursday 8 September 2011 | Published in Crime
Public service commissioner Navy Epati has requested a full briefing of the situation at the Ministry of Justice, which currently has nine staff vacancies. Epati says he has asked acting justice secretary Alex Henry to provide him with a comprehensive brief on the facts relating to those vacancies and he expects an answer by the […]
Time running out to engage top lawyer
Tuesday 6 September 2011 | Published in Crime
Operation Eagle defendants Mark Franklin and Scott Arlander have two weeks to make a court application for top New Zealand lawyer Barry Hart to be allowed to work in the Cook Islands as their legal representative. Franklin, a former high-ranking New Zealand police officer and former Cook Islands police officer, faces four criminal charges of […]
Case may require three separate trials
Tuesday 6 September 2011 | Published in Crime
It is possible up to three separate court trials may be held in the Operation Eagle case. Chief Justice Tom Weston discussed potential handling of the case with crown prosecutors and defence counsel in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday. One possibility is for Giovanni Marsters, Inano Matapo and Sam Tangaroa to be […]
Another acquittal
Saturday 3 September 2011 | Published in Crime
Matavera resident Francis Dashwood has been found not guilty, by a jury, of possessing cannabis. The verdict in his defended case was announced in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday and accordingly the matter before Chief Justice Tom Weston was dismissed. Dashwood, a 28-year-old farm labourer, has maintained his innocence in respect of […]
Staff unhappy with remuneration Short
Saturday 3 September 2011 | Published in Crime
Former justice secretary Mark Short says he will help Ministry of Justice employees lobby for pay increases if asked. At present the ministry has nine vacancies, including that of justice secretary, and Cook Islands News understands some are the result of disgruntled long-serving employees resigning after being refused adequate remuneration. Short says when he was […]
Jury to deliver verdict
Friday 2 September 2011 | Published in Crime
A verdict in the criminal court case against Matavera 28-year-old Francis Dashwood is expected to be decided by a jury in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua today. Dashwood, a farm labourer, denies one charge of possessing cannabis at Matavera on April 30 last year. A defended hearing before Chief Justice Tom Weston and […]
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