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\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
\par AT SUVA
\par APPELLATE JURISDICTION
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\par Hearing:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523\charrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 20th August 2002
\par Judgment:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523\charrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 23rd August 2002
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\par Counsel:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523\charrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 Appellant in Person
\par Mr G. Allen for State
\par 
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\par This is an appeal against sentence.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 The Appellant pleaded guilty to the following offences, on 15th March 2002:
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523\charrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 Contrary to section 317 of the Penal Code, Cap. 17.
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\par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid5132231 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 DONATO VAKABALE on the 7th day of October, 2001 at Toge, Ba 
in the Western Division wilfully and unlawfully set fire to the dwelling house of AMRIT LAL s/o SUKHARI.
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 Contrary to section 105 of the Penal Code, Cap. 17.
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he 7th day of October, 2001 at Toge, Ba in the Western Division wilfully threw stones at the dwelling house of AMRIT LAL s/o SUKHARI.
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\par The prosecution outlined the facts.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 They were that the }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2051268\charrsid3542523 complainant}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523  and his wife lived at Toge, Ba.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 On 7th October 2001, a
t about 5am, they heard the windows breaking.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 
The complainant opened his door and found a person damaging the windscreen of his carrier, then setting fire to it.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 
Stones were being thrown at his house preventing the complainant from leaving.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 The fire spread from the van to the house, destroying both.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 The complainant, unable to escape the fire, telephoned his neighbour, one Miliano Nakobulu.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  
}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 He helped the two occupants to get out of the house without injuries.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 
The complainant\rquote s brother tried to send his son to help the complainant and his wife, but the Appellant threatened him and said that if he came to help he would die.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 Mr Nakobulu saw someone running away from the house and gave chase.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 
He caught that person.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 It was the Appellant.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 The Appellant admitted setting fire to the van and gave Mr Nakobulu a bundle of tobacco.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 He was interviewed by the police on the same day.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 
He admitted setting fire to the van, and the house.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 He said he did this because the complainant had paid young girls in the vill
age to have sexual intercourse with him.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 
As a result of the fire, the complainant lost his van, house and all his belongings, to the total value of $230,750.00.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 
There was no insurance.
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 He was convicted.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 He had two pr
evious convictions, one for larceny in 2000, and one for house-breaking entering and larceny also in 2000.
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 to 4 years imprisonment, on Count 1 saying that although the Appellant had pleaded guilty and had saved the court time, the offence was a serious one.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 Although he thought the value of the property was exaggerated, he considered the Appellant\rquote s conduct in 
threatening to kill anyone who helped the occupants of the house to escape, warranted an immediate custodial sentence.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 
On Count 2, the Appellant was sentenced to a concurrent term of 3 months imprisonment.
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3744180 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 The Appellant appeals against the sentence on the
 grounds that the Magistrate failed to give enough credit for the motive for the crime, that the totality principle had been ignored and that the sentence was harsh and excessive.
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3744180 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 State counsel opposed the appeal, pointing to the damage caused and the con
duct of the Appellant in trying to prevent help from being offered to the victims of the fire.
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\par The maximum sentence under section 317 of the Penal Code is life imprisonment.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 
A two year term of imprisonment was upheld by Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court in }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 Amina Koya -v- The State}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 
 Crim. App. No. CAV 0002/97.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 
However the motive in that case was not revenge, and there was no danger of harm to any person because the fire was lit in an unoccupied building.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 In this case, the Appellant knew there was danger to the occupants and acted to enhance that risk of harm.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 Further the Appellant was not entitled to the leniency which might extend to a first offender.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 Finally, as the learned Magistrate remarked, the act of arson in this case was an act of calculated revenge and deliberate lawlessness.
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542523  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 The appeal is dismissed.
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3744180 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3744180 Nazhat Shameem
\par }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3744180 JUDGE}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3744180 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3542523 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15088116\charrsid3542523 
\par At Suva
\par 23rd August 2002
\par }}