40-year-old man facing a charge of murdering his nephew has his case of attempted murder of a woman dropped

A 40-year-old man is facing a charge of the murder of his 2 year 6 month old nephew in Nadi while the man’s case regarding the attempted murder of a woman has been discontinued due to the unrelated death of the victim.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions says the accused allegedly stabbed the child with a knife which resulted in his death.

He was also charged with the attempted murder of the woman however, this matter had to be discontinued in court after her unrelated death.

According to the Office of the DPP, there were 42 people charged with a total of 48 counts of serious offences in September.

There was one count of murder, one count of attempted murder, 3 counts of manslaughter, 4 counts of aggravated robbery, 11 counts of aggravated burglary, 11 counts of theft, 1 count of assault causing actual bodily harm, 4 counts of acts with intent to cause grievous harm, 1 count of common assault, 1 count of unlawful wounding, 1 count of attempted arson, 1 count of dangerous driving causing death, 1 count of dangerous driving causing grievous harm, 1 count of driving without a driver’s license, 1 count of driving without a third party policy, 1 count of failure to report an accident, 1 count of unlawful cultivation of illicit drugs, 1 count of unlawful possession of illicit drugs, and 1 count breach of suspended sentence.

There were 26 victims of the 48 counts of serious offences, and there were five incidents where the accused and the victim were related to one another.

Of the 42 accused persons, eight were juveniles.

The juveniles were charged with aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and theft offences.

The Office of the DPP says there was one incident where a 46-year-old man, a 22-year-old man and a 20-year-old man were charged with one count of manslaughter.

The accused persons allegedly assaulted a bus driver which resulted in his death.

In another incident, a 19-year-old man was charged with one count of manslaughter. The accused allegedly assaulted a 25-year-old man outside a nightclub which resulted in his death.

There was one incident where a 35-year-old man was charged with one count of manslaughter, one count of driving without a driver’s license and one count of driving without a third party policy. The accused allegedly drove a motor vehicle in a reckless manner which resulted in the death of a 24-year-old man.

In another incident, a 28-year-old man was charged with one count of dangerous driving causing death. The accused allegedly drove a motor vehicle in a dangerous manner which caused resulted in the death of a 32-year-old man. The accused was also charged with dangerous driving causing grievous harm to a bystander at the time of the accident and failing to report an accident.

A 73-year-old man was charged with an assault causing actual bodily harm to his 34-year-old daughter. The accused allegedly assaulted his daughter with a cane knife. In another incident, a 47-year-old man was charged with an act with intent to cause grievous harm, however, this matter was discontinued due to insufficient and inconsistent evidence.

There was one incident where a 31-year-old woman was charged with two counts of act with intent to cause grievous harm to her 34-year-old husband. The accused allegedly wounded the victim with a kitchen knife and a cement block.

In another incident, a 20-year-old man was charged with an act with intent to cause grievous harm and one count of attempted arson. The accused allegedly wounded a 24-year-old woman with a beer bottle and attempted to set her house on fire after an altercation.

Cash and assorted items ranging from $20 to $30,790 were stolen during the alleged aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and theft offences which consisted of home invasions, supermarket and hardware shop burglaries, carjacking, day and night street robberies.