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\f36\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp5129 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid12483292 IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
\par At Suva
\par Appellate Jurisdiction
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid12483292 
\par CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 7 OF 1991
\par 
\par Between:
\par 
\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid12483292 NATALIO CILI}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12483292\charrsid12483292 
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid12483292 Appellant
\par 
\par v.
\par 
\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid12483292 THE STATE}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12483292\charrsid12483292 
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\par Appellant in Person
\par Mr. J. Prakash for the Respondent
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\par The appellant was sentenced by the Suva Magistrate Court to }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 30 months}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832  imprisonment on the }{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 11th of May 1990}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832  after he was convicted on his guilty plea to an offence of }{
\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 School Breaking, Entering and Larceny}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 .}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11234832\charrsid11234832  }{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 At the time he was an extra-mural prisoner serving his sentence out of prison.
\par 
\par He appeals against the sentence on the ground that it is harsh and excessive having regard to his youth and the relatively passive and minor role he played in the commission of the offence.
\par 
\par {\*\bkmkstart QuickMark}{\*\bkmkend QuickMark}Learned State Counsel whilst seeking to support the sentence concedes the secondary role of the appellant and confirms the recovery of some of the stolen items.
\par 
\par The appellant was born on 16.1.70 and turned 21 years of age 2 weeks ago.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11234832\charrsid11234832  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 
It is his misfortune that he had to spend that most important birthday of his behind prison bars separated from his parents and family.
\par 
\par He has already served 9 months of this present sentence and is due to be released in }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 January 1992}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 .}{
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This is a crushing prospect for a young man such as the appellant whose father has personally appeared both in the lower court and in this court to plead for his son.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11234832\charrsid11234832  }{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 This is more than a lot of other parents have done for their sons and augers well for the appellant if he is true to his promise to return to his village and change his way of life.

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\par I accept that }{\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 School Breaking}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 
 is a particularly mean offence and that the appellant was a serving prisoner at the time he committed this offence however most of the items have been recovered and the appellant at the time had all but completed serving his extramural term.}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11234832\charrsid11234832  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 He almost succeeded in staying out of trouble but was unfortunate to have fallen back into bad company.
\par 
\par His role in the offence was a purely secondary one as a }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11234832\charrsid11234832 '}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 
watchman' and some differentiation should have been made in the sentences imposed on him and his co-accused who was the principal offender and who at the time was subject to a suspended sentence.
\par 
\par I am willing to give the appellant the chance he seeks in the hope that having now turned 21 years of age he will change his life-style away from his past lawlessness, however he will not go }{
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\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11234832\charrsid11234832  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 
To assist him and his parents in his future endeavours to stay on the "straight and narrow path" I order that the remaining portion of the appellant's sentence }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 (i.e. 10 months)}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832  be suspended for 12 months from today's date.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11234832\charrsid11234832  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid11234832 

\par 
\par The immediate effect of this order is that the appellant shall be released from prison today however he is warned that if he is convicted of an imprisonable offence in the next 12 months he may be required to serve the remaining 10 months impri
sonment along with any other sentence that may be imposed for his re-offending.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116 
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\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10123116\charrsid12483292 At Suva,
\par 30th January, 1991.
\par }}