The appeal case of Naitasiri High Chief, Ratu Inoke Takiveikata has been dismissed by the Fiji Court of Appeal.
The Court of Appeal affirmed the decision by the High Court noting that the appeal lacks merit.
Lawyer Akuila Naco represented Takiveikata.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions was represented by Assistant DPP Lee Burney.
Takiveikata had appealed his conviction and sentence.
He was convicted and sentenced in 2011 for inciting mutiny by Justice Daniel Goundar.
Takiveikata was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non parole term of 8 years.
According to the particulars of charge that had been filed by the prosecution at the time, Takiveikata between 6 August 2000 and 24 September 2000 at Suva advisedly attempted to incite Captain Stevens and Sergeant Bonafasio knowing that they were serving in the Fiji Military Forces to commit to the mutinous act of joining in combination with the other members of the Fiji Military Forces to execute a takeover of the Queen Elizabeth Barracks in Suva.
Takiveikata had relied upon six grounds of appeal against conviction and one against sentence.
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