Crime
Judges dismiss drugs case appeals
Saturday 11 June 2011 | Published in Crime
Two Court of Appeal cases involving Terekimiora Katoa, charged with importing cannabis, have been dismissed by three New Zealand judges. Justices Sir Ian Barker, David Williams and Robert Fisher announced their ruling in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on Thursday. Justice Fisher said for reasons detailed in a written judgement Katoas criminal sentence […]
Prison sentence quashed by appeal court
Friday 10 June 2011 | Published in Crime
The one-year prison sentence against Tupapa convict Yvonne Quarter has been quashed. Quarter will now spend the next four months on bail until her re-sentencing in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on October 10. Three New Zealand judges presiding over the Court of Appeal in Rarotonga this week yesterday announced their decision in […]
Tavs case withdrawn
Thursday 9 June 2011 | Published in Crime
The petition to have Cook Islands clothing company Tavs Ltd wound up has been withdrawn and accordingly dismissed by Justice Hugh Williams. The case, between Tavs and debt collectors from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) revenue management division, was called before Justice Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua last […]
Estate claims to be heard in July
Wednesday 8 June 2011 | Published in Crime
It is likely court claims by the estate of the late Lionel George Tamarua Browne will be heard in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice Colin Nicholson next month. In two separate cases Auckland-based insurance advisor Richard Fisher as the executor of Brownes estate is claiming $100,000 from Vaimaanga contractor John Short […]
Mothers appeal against prison decided
Wednesday 8 June 2011 | Published in Crime
Tupapa convict Yvonne Quarter will tomorrow learn her fate in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua. The 25-year-old mother of three and members of her family are appealing the one year prison sentence imposed on her by Justice Hugh Williams in early April. Quarter admitted one representative charge of stealing $30,000 from Air Rarotonga […]
Case against registrar set for July
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Crime
The criminal court case against secretary of justice and Cook Islands High Court registrar Claudine Henry-Anguna is scheduled for July. Henry-Anguna has pleaded not guilty to a charge of being in contempt of court. She appeared before Justice Hugh Williams in the court last week. Informant Andrew Turoa is bringing the private prosecution against Henry-Anguna […]
Drunken driver sentenced
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Crime
For driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 470 micrograms at Atupa on February 26 last year Ministry of Marine Resources fisheries officer Koroa Raumea has been convicted, fined $750, sentenced to six months community service, and disqualified from driving for 18 months. Raumea (43), of Nikao, appeared in the Cook Islands High Court […]
Appeal failed on law and facts
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Crime
An appeal against the conviction and sentence imposed on a young Cook Islands man has been largely dismissed by Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua. On May 19 last year Aisake Fimone (23), of Takuvaine, was convicted of theft and sentenced to one month imprisonment and 12 months probation by […]
Offender caught up in Operation Eagle net
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in Crime
The first sentence has been handed down for an Operation Eagle accused. For possessing less than enough cannabis plant to make a cigarette 54-year-old Nikao kitchen hand Tina Upu was convicted, fined $750, and sentenced to 12 months probation the first six months of which she must spend undertaking community service. Upu appeared before Justice […]
Rent stoush ends in court
Friday 3 June 2011 | Published in Crime
A family dispute about the entitlement of rent money came before Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on Monday. Aroa artist Julia Tuake is claiming, also on behalf of her siblings, that they are entitled to half of the rent accrued for a family piece of land leased to Go […]
Assault charge after family scuffle
Friday 3 June 2011 | Published in Crime
An assault accuseds lawyer is demanding to know why the complainants in the case have not been arrested and charged with assault themselves. Teremoana Iakimo (53), Empire Theatre projectionist, of Arorangi, faces one charge of common assault and another of (being a male) assaulting a female at Avarua on May 8. He was allegedly involved […]
Theft sentence appealed
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in Crime
An appeal of a Justice of the Peace sentence was being heard before Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua this week. Takuvaine resident Aisake Fimone (23) took the stand to give evidence on Monday that he was not given the right to speak with a lawyer when charged with theft […]
League player to be sentenced
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in Crime
An Arorangi rugby league player will today be sentenced for assault by a Justice of the Peace in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua. The 25-year-old man, who has interim name suppression which is due to expire today, admitted one charge of common assault when he last appeared in the court before JP Tui […]
Man jailed for bucket full of cannabis
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in Crime
For possessing a ten litre plastic bucket full of dried cannabis leaf Ngatangiia resident Tiley Miriau was sentenced to two months in jail by Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday. Miriau (19), a tour guide, admitted one charge of possessing cannabis at Ngatangiia on October 18 last year. He […]
Vaka TV dispute decision reserved
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in Crime
Justice Hugh Williams has reserved his decision in the civil court case between Christine Backer and Vaka Television Ltd. He heard submissions from both parties in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on Monday. Backer, an Australian national who has lived on Rarotonga for almost a year, claims she is owed $125,000 from the […]
Precedent-setting case back to court
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in Crime
The latest developments in a precedent-setting superannuation case will unfold in July. The case, involving the Cook Islands National Superannuation Fund (CINSF) and Arorangi Timberland Ltd as well as the companys managing director Andy Olah, will be back in court during a New Zealand judges next visit to the Cook Islands in July. Justice Colin […]
Police officer to face retrial
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in Crime
A retrial is to be held to decide if Cook Islands police officer Leighton Boaza is guilty of driving with an excess blood alcohol level. Boaza appeared in the Cook Islands High Court before Justice Hugh Williams last week. A hearing was held for the police appeal of a decision by Justice of the Peace […]
Fisheries officer to be sentenced
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in Crime
Ministry of Marine Resources fisheries officer Koroa Raumea will be sentenced in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua by Justice Hugh Williams on Friday. Raumea was convicted by Justice Williams on May 24 for driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 470 micrograms at Atupa on February 26 last year. His conviction followed […]
Bank employee stole from ATM
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in Crime
A young Westpac bank employee stole money from the automatic teller machine (ATM) and stashed it under his mattress, the High Court at Avarua heard. For stealing money from the ATM while an employee of the bank, the young man was convicted by Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on […]
Disabled woman left traumatised by rape
Saturday 28 May 2011 | Published in Crime
For raping a disabled woman in her own home at Aitutaki earlier this year a 46-year-old man was jailed for three and a half years by Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday. Charlie Teina, unemployed, of Aitutaki, admitted a charge of rape at Aitutaki on January 22, when he […]
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