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\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COOK ISLANDS
\par HELD AT RAROTONGA
\par (CRIMINAL DIVISION)}{\b\insrsid3933749\charrsid3933749 
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\par }{\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 CR NO. 164/07
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\par }{\insrsid3933749 BETWEEN:
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\par }{\b\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 POLICE
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\par }{\insrsid3933749 AND}{\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 
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\par }{\b\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 VAIA TEREORA
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3933749 {\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 Mr Elikana for Police
\par Mr Vakalalabure for Defendant}{\insrsid6971706 
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\par }{\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 Date of Sentence:}{\insrsid3933749\charrsid3933749  }{\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 25 May 2007
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\par SENTENCE OF NICHOLSON J
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3933749 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 1.\tab Mr Tereora, you have been charged with being in possession of cannabis 
seeds which you were not authorized to cultivate.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4463225 The maximum penalty }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 
for this offence is 5 years imprisonment.
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\par 2.\tab The facts were that on Friday morning the 4th of May this year, the Police \tab came with a search warrant to your house, searched it and in the laundry they found 180 cannabis seeds scattered on the floor and 39 cannabis 
seeds and some loose cannabis leaves inside a blue handbag.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 When they asked you about them, you said that the seeds and the loose 
cannabis were yours.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 You said you left the cannabis plants on a side wall 
hook in the laundry to dry, it had dried and the seeds and leaves fell off onto the floor and some fell off into the blue bag.
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\par 3.\tab The Probation Officer points out your age as 47, that you are married and have 5 children ranging from 2 years to 21 years.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 
Your wife says that you are good husband towards her and father}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12737910  for the children and are very }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 supportive of them.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 You have star}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9057332 ted your own business with two }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 takeaways and you are managing those businesses.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706 Your wife feels that }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 if you were imprisoned she would be unable to manage the takeaways and look after the children.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 She said she wa}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749 s totally against you bringing }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 cannabis home.
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\par 4.\tab The Probation Officers points out that you have no previous convictions, that during your interview with the Probation Officer you were cooperative and showed remorse for what you had done.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 You said you knew it was wrong and you should be held accountable for it.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 
You realized how \tab serious it was and the consequences and hardship that will be faced if you had to go to prison.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 
You said you had learnt your lesson and said that the offence wouldn\rquote t happen again.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 Through the Probation Offi}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13070872 cer you asked }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 for a last chance and the Probation Officer recommended a fine with a strong warning.
\par 
\par 5.\tab Your counsel Mr Vakalalabure in mitigation pointed out that you had pleaded guilty at the first opportunity, that you have no previous convictions, that you are the backbone of supporting your family and that 
you have the responsibility for making a success of the two businesses.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 
He said that, as pointed out by the Probation Officers, the seeds were rotten and you had no intention of planting them}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  or in cannabis and }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 
trafficking in drugs.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 He asked that if there is a fine it be only $250 or that 
alternatively the Court consider sentencing you to come up for sentence if called on in 6 months.
\par 
\par 6.\tab For the Informant, Mr Elikana submitted that the offence was very serious \tab and that the important aspect of sentencing should be deterrence, to deter you from committing any more offences and to deter other people from 
committing similar offences.
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\par 7.\tab He submitted that because of this factor the appropriate sentence should be a short term of imprisonment of the order of 3 months.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 
He submitted that if the Court was minded to impose a fine, it should be at least $1000.
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\par 8.\tab The Court and the community is becoming increasingly concerned about the use of drugs and this involves the lower end of the scale, the use of cannabis.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 The law is that if there is major cultivation of cannabis, or dealing in cannabis, the appropriate sentence should be a deterrence sentence of imprisonment and that the circumstanc
es of the offender do not play a major part.
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\par 9.\tab However in your case I am satisfied that the possession of the seeds was a consequence of you having the cannabis plant and there is no evidence that you intended to look after the seeds and to use them to grow more cannabis.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 If there had been evidence of the seeds being carefully packed so as to keep dry and containers and material for growing cannabis, then I 
would have without any question sentenced you to imprisonment.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 But, I do not consider i
t is a serious offence leading up to cultivating substantial amounts of cannabis.
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I take into account that you pleaded guilty at the first opportunity, that you have no previous convictions, that you do support your wife and family and that your liberty is necessary for the businesses to be successful.}{
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In the circumstances I am prepared to deal with it by way of a fine but it must be a substantial fine to signify the concern of the Courts.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{
\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6971706\charrsid3933749 You are accordingly convicted and fined $800 and ordered to pay Court costs of $30.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3933749  }{
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I warn you that if you come before the Court again for any drug related offence, even if it is using cannabis in light of this conviction and warning the Court is likely to sentence you to a term of imprisonment so therefore keep well away from cannabis.}
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