The defense counsels in the trial of the four men who allegedly raped their 13-year-old nephew in Tailevu, have said to the boy that the rapes did not take place as alleged by him.
Defence lawyer Nemani Tuifagalele presented the boy’s exam results and school counselling details before High Court Judge Justice Salesi Temo today.
He said that the exam results show that he remained in 10th position and it proves that what the boy had said was incorrect.
The boy had said yesterday that his school work was badly affected after the rapes.
Tuifagalele presented reports where the boy had reported to the school counsellor that he was abused by three boys on March 10th, 2016.
There were also reports on the 15th and 21st of June, 2016 where the boy had counselling for bad behaviour, passing comments to other students and not concentrating in class.
Tuifagalele then said to the boy that this is his actual conduct in school.
He also said that the 14-year-old boy did not have any psychiatric assessment to prove that his school work was affected.
Tuifagalele said that his school work was not affected because the rapes did not take place.
Swarvana Prakash, the defense lawyer for the fourth accused, said to the boy that her client did not wave at him to go to his house and the whole incident did not happen.
Prakash put to the boy that the incident did not happen.
However, the boy maintained in court today that the incident took place.
The alleged incidents occurred in Tailevu between November 2015 to March last year.
The boy was 13 at the time of the alleged incidents.
The four uncles have been charged with one count each of rape and all of them have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The first accused is 40-years-old, the second accused is 32, the third accused is 45 while the fourth accused is 42.
