A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for a count of aggravated robbery however Judge, Justice Daniel Goundar has suspended the sentence for three years.
Semisi Tuinanuya with another man had committed a street mugging last year whereby they stole $100, a mobile phone and perfume from a woman in Laucala Bay.
Justice Goundar says that street mugging is too prevalent in Fiji and the court has the duty to denounce such offences.
However, Justice Goundar considered the factors such as the man was a first offender, no violence was involved and that his remorse to the crime was genuine.
Justice Goundar said that these circumstances justified the man’s sentence to be suspended.
