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IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI \par AT SUVA \par APPELLATE JURISDICTION \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15629856\charrsid15629856 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: HAA0}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 050 OF 2002}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Between}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 : \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 STATE}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Appellant \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 -v- \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 NAVAUNIANI KOROI \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Respondent}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par Mr V. Vosarogo for Appellant \par Ms J. Nair for Respondent \par \par }\pard \ql \fi-1440\li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 Hearing: }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 7}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 th}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 August 2002 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 Sentence: }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 14}{\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 th}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 August 2002 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tqc\tx4680\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 S}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 E}{ \b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 NTENC}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 E}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Navauniani Koroi, you are convicted on your pleas of }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 guilty to five counts of rape. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 The facts as read by the prosecution disclose that in December 1999, July 2001, January 2002 and February 2002 you raped your daughter, a school girl Ana Tavaciri Koroi. On Count 1, she was only 13 years old.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15629856 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 She became pregnant as a result of the rapes and}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 has now delivered your child. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 The child is now in the care of Social Welfare. \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 The tariff for Rape}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 In }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Mohammed Kasim -v- The State}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Crim. App. 21/93 th e Fiji Court of Appeal recommended that the starting point for rape should be 7 years imprisonment where there are no aggravating or mitigating circumstances, to be adjusted up or down to take them i}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 nto account. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 In }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Maika Soqonaivi -v- The State}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Crim. App.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15629856 No. AAU008.19}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 97, a 6 year term for a rape where violence was used, and the victim a young adult and a co-worker, was held to be \'93appropriate\'94, although the Court commented that: \'93Having regard to the aggravating features, particularly the violence, the app ellant may have been fortunate to have received a sentence less than the 7 year starting point.\'94}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15629856 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 In }{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Mark Mutch -v- The State}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15629856 Crim. App. No. AAU0060.19}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 99, the appellant was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment on one count of rape, and 4 years on four counts of indecent assault.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15629856 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 The Court of Appeal held that: \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid15629856 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \'93 The Court has recommended that the starting point for rape should be 7 years where there are no aggravating or mitigating circumstances, to be adjusted up or down to take them into account: see }{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Mohammed Kasim -v- The State}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 (Crim. App. 21/93) and }{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Maika Soqonaivi -v- The State.}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15629856 }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 His Lordship referred to these guidelines in his sentencing remarks and it is difficult to understand his failure to go beyond the starting point of 7 years to take into account the seriousness of the aggravating features of this offence against a nine year old girl whom the appellant had befriended and who regarded him as a trusted adult.}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15629856 }{ \b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 A prison term of ten years must be regarded as the minimum appropriate in the circumstances and the appeal is allowed to the extent of increasing that sentence accordingly.\'94 \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Turning to this case, I have noted all that has been said on your behalf by counsel including your age, your service in the Military Forces and the fact that}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 your family is now suffering. } {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 I also take into account your guilty plea which means that your daughter is spared the ordeal of giving evidence. \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 However, the offences you have committed are extreme}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 ly grave. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Not only have you committed the offences of rape on a child, but}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 that child was your daughter. }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 You are the one person in the world that she should have been able to trust absolutely }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 with her life and her welfare. }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 You have grossly abused that trust.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15629856 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Further you caused her to have a child which in turn has robbed your daughter of her childhood. \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1259939 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Taking 7 years as the starting point, I increase that term by two years for the young age of the complainant, and a further 3 years for the fact that sh}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 e is your daughter. }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 I add a further yea}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 r for the resulting pregnancy. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 I reduce the term by one year for the gui}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 lty plea and other mitigation. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 The sentence on each count is th}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 erefore 12 years imprisonment. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 The total term would be manifestly excessive if I were to order each term to be served consecutively, as would normally be the case. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15629856 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par I therefore order that the sentence on each count be served concurrently with each other. \par \par The sentences are as follows: \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid15629856 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 Count 1: }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 12 years imprisonment; \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 Count 2: }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 12 years imprisonment; \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 Count 3: }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 12 years imprisonment; \par Count 4}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 : }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 12 years imprisonment; \par Count 5}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1259939\charrsid15629856 : }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 12 years imprisonment. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15629856 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par They are to be served concurrently and must run from the 12}{\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 th}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 of February 2002 when you were first sentenced in the Magistrates Court. \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15629856 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 Nazhat Shameem \par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 JUDGE}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15629856 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15629856 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 At Suva \par 14}{\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 th}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3766646\charrsid15629856 August 2002 \par }}