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\par At Suva
\par Appellate Jurisdiction
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid8395909 
\par CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 27 OF 1991
\par 
\par Between:
\par 
\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid8395909 JOSEFA VAKACIWA}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8395909\charrsid8395909 
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid8395909 Appellant
\par 
\par v.
\par 
\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid8395909 THE STATE}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8395909\charrsid8395909 
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\par Mr. J. Naigulevu for the Respondent
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\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid8395909 The appellant was convicted in the Magistrate Court at Levuka for an offence of }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid8395909 Burglary}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid8395909  and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5845413  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid8395909 
He now appeals against his conviction on the ground that he was forced to admit the offence as a result of the }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid8395909 ill-treatment}{
\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid8395909  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid6307132 he received at the hands of the police.
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\par The prosecution's case was that the appellant removed louvre blades from a window of the house where the complainant was staying at }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid6307132 Koro Island}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid6307132  and stole a pair of sunglasses and $200 cash.
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\par The appellant admitted these facts and asked for leniency.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5845413  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid6307132 I note that this is not the appellant's first}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6307132  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid6307132 appearance in court and the charge was read and explained to him (}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid6307132 
presumably in a language he understood}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid6307132 ) before he pleaded guilty to it.
\par 
\par Futhermore there is no record of any complaint of ill-treatment being mad
e in the Magistrate Court and one wonders how the ill-treatment alleged against the police in Nadi could have any influence on the appellant or bearing on the Court proceedings in this case which took place in Levuka. 
\par 
\par The appellant has not raised sufficient grounds for this court to doubt the unequivocality of his guilty plea and in the circumstances this court is bound to dismiss his appeal against conviction as incompetent.
\par 
\par As for the sentence however learned State Counsel concedes that it is on the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid6307132 "heavy-side"}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid6307132 
 and recognising that the appellant pleaded guilty and also that this is his first experience of prison this court is able to show him some leniency in the hope that when the appellant is released he will return to his village in Koro Island and 
lead a useful and crime-free life.
\par 
\par The sentence is accordingly reduced to one of 9 months imprisonment with effect from the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid6307132 16th of November, 1990}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid6307132 .

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\par }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid8395909 JUDGE}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7896271\charrsid8395909 
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\par At Suva,
\par 11th April, 1991.
\par }}