Dakai walks free after DPP discontinues his case two days into drug trial
Osea Raicama Dakai who was jointly charged with Nigerian national Chukwuemeka Ikenna Phabian, Apenisa Laisave Matadigo, Uraia Tuidama Bolalailai and Neumi Donumainasav
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High Court to rule Monday on Prof. Prasad’s permanent stay application
The Suva High Court will hear oral submissions on Friday before delivering its judgement on Monday on former Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad’s applica
Thakor Punja granted bail in another alleged marijuana possession case
Thakor Punja has been granted bail by the Navua Magistrates Court this morning after he was brought to court in another case of alleged marijuana possession.Punja was all
Daughter testifies parents forced murdered boyfriend to ingest pesticide
The murder trial of a couple accused of killing their daughter’s 18-year-old boyfriend, Jeet Singh, at their home in Sigatoka began this week at the Lautoka High C
Ledua fails to appear in Suva High Court
The man accused of attempting to break into the RFMF ammunition magazine building in Nabua in April this year did not appear at the Suva High Court when his case was call
Magistrate rejects Naidu’s application to temporarily halt Prof. Prasad’s FICAC trial pending High Court stay application
Suva Magistrate Yogesh Prasad has rejected former Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad’s counsel Richard Naidu’s application for temporarily halting the tr
Life imprisonment for Masibalavu for Harbour Centre murder
26-year-old Kaline Masibalavu has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 25-year-old Sanaila Bavesi outside Suva Harbour Centre in November 2024.Masibalavu
Rokotunidau pleads not guilty to attempted murder of police officer
Saimoni Rokotunidau, who is charged with the attempted murder of a female police officer in Laqere and unlawful possession of methamphetamine, has pleaded not guilty.Roko
Police officer sentenced to 14 years and nine months for raping 15-year-old girl
A 44-year-old police officer has been sentenced to 14 years and nine months in prison for raping and sexually assaulting his wife’s 15-year-old cousin between 2019
Drug convict King Khan appeals conviction and sentencing
Drug convict Imran Khan, also known as King Khan, is appealing his conviction and sentencing. Khan was convicted of unlawfully possessing 4.1364 grams of methamphetami
19-year-old remanded in relation to alleged robbery of 42-year-old man
A 19-year-old man has been remanded by the Navua Magistrates Court after being charged in relation to the alleged robbery of a 42-year-old man.Police say the accused alle
Waqanika’s defence to call up to 5 witnesses in FICAC trial
The counsel for Tanya Waqanika, Barbara Malimali, has revealed in the Suva Magistrates Court today that they will call four to five witnesses in Waqanika’s FICAC t
Lateef pleads guilty to 2019 meth and marijuana possession charges
Former Suva lawyer Shazran Abdul Lateef has pleaded guilty to being in possession of methamphetamine and marijuana in December 2019.The trial was earlier vacated after Po
Sairusi Rokosalu pleads guilty to setting fire to Nakorovatu Village Hall
22-year-old Sairusi Rokosalu has admitted to setting fire to the Nakorovatu Village Hall in Naitasiri.Rokosalu pled guilty to the charge of arson this morning before High
Woman charged with murder and arson over fatal Christmas Eve house fire granted bail
The woman who is alleged to have set fire to a house on Levuka Street, Samabula, on Christmas Eve last year, resulting in the death of 19-year-old Sanjeshni Lata, has bee
Ratu Peceli Rokorolovo sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of Dr Leli Darling
Ratu Peceli Rokorolovo has been sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment for the murder of Dr Isireli Biumaitotoya, also known as Dr Leli Darling.Lautoka High Court Judge
Zoe Maharaj Moore cleared of absconding bail case after paying all fines
Zoe Maharaj Moore has been cleared by the Suva Magistrates Court this afternoon of her 2020 absconding bail case.This was after she had cleared all of her fines with the
2 men charged with rape and murder of 18-year-old Lautoka woman further remanded
Two men charged in relation to the alleged rape and murder of an 18-year-old woman in a park in Lautoka have been further remanded in custody by the Lautoka High Co
Supreme Court orders FBC to pay $150,000 damages to Dr Padarath over defamatory publication
The Supreme Court of Fiji has ordered the Fijian Broadcasting Corporation Limited to pay $150,000 in general damages to Dr Shanjivan Padarath over a defamatory news artic
TNG seeks internal documents in appeal against $1.4B Vuda Project
The counsel for the Department of Environment has maintained that the documents being sought by Next Generation Holdings (Fiji) Pte Limited in its appeal case are interna
Masibalavu found guilty of murdering Sanaila Bavesi outside Suva Harbour Centre
26-year-old Kaline Masibalavu has been found guilty of murdering 25-year-old Sanaila Bavesi outside Suva Harbour Centre in November 2024 by High Court Judge Justice Thush