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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 036 OF 2002
\par (Suva MC Cr. Case No. 544/2002)}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499\charrsid2953499 
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 Hearing:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 17th May 2002
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\par Counsel:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 Appellant in Person
\par Mr V. Vosarogo for Respondent}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499 
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 March 2002 the Appellant was sentenced to a total of three years and nine months imprisonment in the Suva Magistrates}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 61 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols"
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\par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 FIRST COUNT
\par }{\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 
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 Contrary to Section 293(1)(b) of the Penal Code, Act. 17.}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499 
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 day of February 2002 at Suva in the Central Division, robbed DHIRENDRA PRASAD s/o NARENDRA PRASAD of cash $40.00, one
 gold chain valued $98.00, one alcatel mobile phone valued $329.00, taxi meter valued $650.00, taxi sign valued $150.00 and one Kenwood car stereo valued $1,200.00 to the total value of $2,467.00, the property of said DHIRENDRA PRASAD s/o NARENDRA PRASAD 
and immediately before such robbery used personal violence on the said DHIRENDRA PRASAD s/o NARENDRA PRASAD.
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 Contrary to section 292 of the Penal Code, Act 17.
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 day of February 2002 at Suva in the Central Division, unlawfully and without colour of right, but not so as to be guilty of stealing, converted to his own use a taxi registration number CC829 the property of DHIRENDRA PRASAD s/o NARENDRA PRASAD.
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\par He was sentenced to three years and four months imprisonment on Count 1, and four months imprisonment on Count 2.
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\par The facts of the case as outlined by the prosecution were that the complainant, a taxi}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499 -}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 driver was driving his t
axi outside the Village 6 cinema on 23}{\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 rd}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499  February 2002, when the Appellant hired his taxi.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 He asked the complainant to stop his taxi at Westpac Bank to pick up two other youths, who sat in the back seat.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 At Nailuva Road, one of the youths pulled the complainant out of the taxi, punched him and robbed him.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 The Appellant then drove off with the taxi and the youths.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 They later abandoned the taxi at Lakeba Street.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 
The registration plates had been changed.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 The Appellant was later arrested and identified by the complainant in an identification parade.

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\par The Appellant admitted these facts, and one previous conviction in 1995, for indecent assault.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 
In mitigation he said he was 25 years old, single and unemployed.
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\par The learned Magistrate started to sentence at five years imprisonment, but gave him one}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499 -}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 third discount for his guilty plea.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 He then sentenced him to three years and four months on Count 1, and four months on Count 2.
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\par The Appellant now appeals against sentence on the ground that a total term of four years and eight months (including sentence on C.F. 405/02) is harsh and excessive.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 He further said that his accomplice received only one year}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499 '}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 s imprisonment.

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\par The tariff for Robbery with Violence cases is four to seven years imprisonment.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 As State counsel submits,
 a term of three years and eight months for an offence of Robbery on a taxi}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499 -}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 
driver, who must, of necessity, trust his passengers, and who provides an important public service at all hours of the day and night, is hardly excessive.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 If anything, it is lenient because the Appellant enabled the offence to be committed, and the offence was planned and pre}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499 -}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 meditated.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 As to the Appellant}{
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s submission that his accomplices got a shorter term, sentences should reflect the different roles of the offenders.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 The Appella
nt was the principal offender, and deserved to get a harsher sentence.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 
His sentence of three years and eight months is neither wrong in principle nor manifestly excessive.
\par 
\par As to his sentence in C/F 405/02, which he referred to in submissions, I called for that file to satisfy myself that the total term the Appellant is serving reflected the offending.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 In that case he was charged also on one count of Robbery with Violence and one count of Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 The offences were committed on 11}{\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 th}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499  Fe
bruary 2002, and the facts are even more harrowing than the case on appeal.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 
In that case also, the Appellant hired a taxi which was later stopped by three other youths.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 
They then punched the taxi driver, took him out of the taxi and stripped him naked.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 The
y tied his wrists and ankles together and left him at the scene before they drove off in the taxi.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 
The driver was robbed of $30.00 cash, and he received a number of injuries.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 
He was sentenced to a term of twelve months imprisonment to be served consecutive to the case on appeal.
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\par Both cases show a pattern of offending which deserved a deterrent sentence.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 
A total term of four years and eight months falls within the tariff and is not manifestly excessive.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15809208\charrsid2953499 
Nor does it offend the totality principle.
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\par The appeal against sentence is dismissed.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2953499 
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