A 19‑year‑old man who allegedly assaulted a man and tried to rape his daughter in Tavua, will now have a new charge of murder laid against him after the passing away of the 57-year-old man he allegedly assaulted.
Semesa Bokini had appeared before the Tavua Magistrates Court on the 16th of this month and was expected to be produced in the Lautoka High Court today.
Bokini was previously charged with one count each of aggravated robbery and attempted rape.
It is alleged that Semesa Bokini had assaulted and robbed a man, and then attempted to rape the man’s daughter at their home in Tavua at about 9pm on the 6th of this month.
Both the man and his daughter were admitted in Lautoka Hospital and while his daughter was discharged on the 16th of this month, the man remained in hospital until he passed away last Saturday.
