Crime
Indecent assault accused bailed
Saturday 18 June 2011 | Published in Crime
A 17-year-old Panama man charged with indecently assaulting a six-year-old Takuvaine girl has been released on bail. The man, whose name is suppressed to protect the identity of the victim, appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday before Justice of the Peace Tiki Matapo. Police prosecutor Senior Sergeant Ruth Hosking-Tane said the […]
Family man sorry for assaulting wife
Friday 17 June 2011 | Published in Crime
A 39-year-old Arorangi man who admitted assaulting his wife of 11 years has been convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months. Groundsman Daniel Ataera appeared before Justice of the Peace Tiki Matapo in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday for sentencing. He was not represented by […]
Operation Eagle defendants back in court
Friday 17 June 2011 | Published in Crime
A further two Operation Eagle defendants have appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua for breaching conditions of their bail. George Nicholls and Ricky Carlson both appeared before Justice of the Peace Tiki Matapo yesterday each charged with one count of being in contempt of court. Each was convicted, fined $50 and ordered […]
40 cases in land court
Thursday 16 June 2011 | Published in Crime
More than 40 land court cases are scheduled to be heard in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on June 27 and 28 by a Justice of the Peace. In total 48 cases, including five from Atiu, Mauke and Aitutaki, will be considered. Cases involve the succession of land, occupation rights, appointment of new […]
Jail term for theft and burglary
Thursday 16 June 2011 | Published in Crime
For five charges of theft, entering a building with intent to commit a crime and being unlawfully found, 23-year-old Takuvaine shop keeper Jason Arioka has been imprisoned for six months and placed on probation for one year. Arioka appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua for sentencing by Justices of the Peace Tiki […]
Judges recommend jail facilities for mothers
Saturday 11 June 2011 | Published in Crime
Prime Minister and minister of justice Henry Puna is being asked to consider if facilities should be developed at the Arorangi prison to accommodate female convicts with newborn babies. It follows the successful appeal of Tupapa convict Yvonne Quarter, who gave birth to her youngest of three sons just ten days before being incarcerated for […]
Charges withdrawn
Saturday 11 June 2011 | Published in Crime
Charges against two accused have been withdrawn from the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua this week. Crown solicitor Tuaine Manavaroa sought leave of the court to withdraw two charges against Cook Islander James Engu because he is now living in New Zealand and is under the care of a mental health facility in Auckland. […]
Companies face tax charges
Saturday 11 June 2011 | Published in Crime
Facing 18 charges of failing to furnish income tax, PAYE and value added tax Rarotonga-based company TTN Group Ltd is due to appear in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on July 7. The company was called in the court before Justice of the Peace Bernice Manarangi on Thursday, when the case was further […]
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 […]
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