Crime
Police cracking down on drivers
Monday 15 August 2011 | Published in Crime
Cook Islands police are cracking down on minor traffic offences and the results are evident in court. Last Thursday justice of the peace Bernice Manarangi considered 16 individual cases of criminal charges against people for failing to stop at a stop sign while driving.Those on the Thursday court list for failing to stop were Juda […]
Court deals with assault, burglary
Monday 15 August 2011 | Published in Crime
Chief Justice Tom Weston will next hear the case against a 30-year-old man facing nine charges when he presides over the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua in a couple of weeks. Kakino Kakino Junior appeared in the court last Thursday before justice of the peace Bernice Manarangi. Defence counsel Lavenia Rokoika has tried unsuccessfully […]
Man in court
Friday 12 August 2011 | Published in Crime
Interim name suppression has been granted to the 28-year-old Matavera man accused of cultivating and possessing cannabis as well as harbouring a cache of stolen property. The man appeared before Justice of the Peace Bernice Manarangi in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday. He is remanded in custody to August 29 when he […]
CIIC land case settled out of court
Thursday 11 August 2011 | Published in Crime
A court wrangle over an Arorangi piece of land between Alexander Teariki Olah and the Cook Islands Investment Corporation has been settled. The case was most recently called before Justice Colin Nicholson in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua last week. Justice Nicholson withdrew the case from court after submissions from lawyers for both […]
Charges dismissed
Wednesday 10 August 2011 | Published in Crime
Justice of the peace Tiki Matapo has found a 33-year-old Tupapa consultant not guilty of assaulting his two young children. The man, who JP Matapo also granted permanent name suppression, appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday for trial. He denied two charges of (being a man) assaulting a 10-month-old baby and […]
No Thursday court
Wednesday 3 August 2011 | Published in Crime
Three Justices of the Peace will preside over the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua today for sentencing of defendants. Among those due to be sentenced is Rangi Taumata Vakatini. She admitted three charges of theft after stealing AUS$100, a cellphone worth $280 and a touch cellphone worth $460. The court will not sit as […]
Te Maeva Nui disrupts court
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in Crime
Justice Colin Nicholson was forced to compete with Te Maeva Nui sound checks while sentencing a defendant in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua last Friday. Operation Eagle defendant Faimau Robati was sentenced on three charges of possessing cannabis and breaching bail conditions (contempt of court). About 9.45am, as Justice Nicholson was in the […]
Crash driver gets light sentence
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in Crime
A 19-year-old has narrowly avoided a jail sentence due to his young age and his familys reliance on him. Arorangi groundsman Okotai Rongo appeared for sentencing in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice Colin Nicholson last week He previously admitted two charges, of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs […]
Sand case to be heard next month
Friday 29 July 2011 | Published in Crime
Chief Justice Tom Weston will consider a civil case involving the excavation of sand during his two weeks presiding over the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua starting August 29. Taakoka Island Villas is seeking $465,000 from Travis Moore in damages, relating to the alleged removal by Moore of 5000 cubic metres of sand from […]
Cases put off for three weeks
Friday 29 July 2011 | Published in Crime
Last minute timetabling in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua has resulted in at least seven criminal cases being adjourned for a further three weeks. Justice of the Peace Tiki Matapo presided over the criminal court yesterday, while Justice Colin Nicholson simultaneously dealt with some sentencing and civil procedures. The re-scheduling of a civil […]
Two fined over uncensored DVDs
Friday 29 July 2011 | Published in Crime
In the first prosecution of its kind, two former DVD rental business owners have been convicted and fined for offering or exposing for rent to the public digital video discs without the approval of the chief censor. Robert Hosking and Tashi Tutai appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua for sentencing by Justice […]
Registrar cleared of charge
Thursday 28 July 2011 | Published in Crime
Acting justice secretary and Cook Islands High Court registrar Claudine Henry-Anguna has been acquitted of one charge of being in contempt of court. Justice Colin Nicholson made the ruling in the court yesterday afternoon. Henry-Anguna told the Cook Islands News she is relieved the court case against her is over and she can now get […]
Fourth attempt at bail denied
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in Crime
A 30-year-old man facing nine charges is likely to remain remanded in custody until his eventual trial, after his fourth consecutive application for bail failed yesterday. Kakino Kakino Junior appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice Colin Nicholson. He is charged with three counts of burglary, (being a male) assaulting a […]
Judge voices concern over case
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in Crime
The criminal court case against acting justice secretary and court registrar Claudine Henry-Anguna is proceeding despite a judges serious concerns about the prosecution. Henry-Angua appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday before Justice Colin Nicholson. She is defending one charge of being in contempt of court. It is an indictable charge, meaning […]
$14,000 claimed
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in Crime
Chief Justice Tom Weston will hear a court case against Cook Islands General Transport Ltd when he presides over the Cook Islands High Court at Ava- rua for two weeks from August 29. Seth Love is claiming about $14,000 from the company for damaged and missing property he paid to be stored. The case was […]
Land court set for August
Tuesday 26 July 2011 | Published in Crime
A total of 174 land court cases are to be considered at the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua in the first three days of August. The courts land division will sit on August 1, 2 and 3 for all cases, almost 100 of which are scheduled for the first day. On Tuesday August 2 […]
Uncle intervenes to help young man
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Crime
A 20-year-old Arorangi man is being given a second chance by his uncle, who has taken him into his home and workplace to get him away from heavy-drinking parents. Teariki Araipu appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua this week before Justice of the Peace John Kenning. Araipu denies one charge of stealing […]
Former cop to argue against retrial
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Crime
Former Cook Islands police officer Leighton Boaza has been granted the opportunity to appeal a high court judges decision ordering the retrial of a criminal charge against him. Boaza was charged with driving with excess breath alcohol, driving while under the influence of alcohol, and failing to allow a medical practitioner to take a blood […]
Operation Eagle accused admits charges
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Crime
Operation Eagle defendant Faimau Robati has pleaded guilty to the three charges he faces, including one of possessing cannabis at Rarotonga in May this year. Robati is the second of 13 people charged in relation to the major drug bust to admit their guilt. The 41-year-old Nikao fisherman appeared in the Cook Islands High Court […]
Appeal granted in hospital job case
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Crime
Former director of hospital services Heather Webber-Aitu has been granted leave to appeal a high court judges ruling that her grievance against health secretary Tupou Faire- ka must be referred to the Cook Islands Public Service Board of Appeal. Webber-Aitu took Faireka to court claiming he breached her employment contract by advertising her position, leading […]
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