The second prosecution witness in the murder trial of Kelepi Kolinisau and Selema Tikoenaburevere has revealed in court today that he saw Kolinisau kicking and stomping Josua Lalauvaki's chest and hips in the early hours of September 2nd last year.
It is alleged 26-year-old Lalauvaki was murdered by former Police Officers Kelepi Kolinisau and Selema Tikoenaburevere while they were on duty.
The second state witness is Alivereti Gade who is part of a Police Team called Polfriend.
Gade says they help Police by giving them information and also helping them in arrests.
He says on September 1st last year, he started work at about 9 pm adding he was doing his patrols.
The witness told the court that when they were trying to put Lalauvaki and three others in the Police vehicle, there was a short, built boy who was obstructing Kolinisau from putting them in the van.
Gade further says there were two men and two women and both men were drunk while one woman was sober adding they were put in the back tray while Kelepi and Gade were with them in the back.
Gade adds Kolinisau was standing in the middle of the vehicle tray and the two men were trying to punch Kolinisau.
He told the court that they had stopped at Signals Nightclub to ask help from the officers in calming the four down and after they were calmed down they proceeded to Totogo Police Station.
Gade says when they reached Totogo, he heard Tikoenaburevere tell the men that they were at the Police Station and they should respect it.
Gade says Tikoenaburevere had taken Lalauvaki out of the vehicle while Kolinisau had taken the other guy out adding that he was telling Lalauvaki's girlfriend, Melania Davetawalu not to swear.
Gade adds that he saw Tikoenaburevere and Lalauvaki exchanging punches.
He says when he turned back, he saw Kolinisau giving a kick and stomping on the boy that was lying on the ground.
Gade says there were other police officers who had witnessed this and two officers stopped Kolinisau and Tikoenaburevere.
