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\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI \par AT SUVA \par APPELLATE JURISDICTION \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15431564 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15431564 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: HAA0}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 096 OF 2002S}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564\charrsid15431564 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15431564 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564\charrsid15431564 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15431564 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 Between:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 \par }\pard \ql 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Narayan for Appellant \par Ms L. 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{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 Josevata Taucilagi on the 17}{\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 th}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 day of September 2002 at Nausori in the Central Division, stole 1 equalizer valued $170.00, 1 CD charger valued $675.00, 1 pioneer radio value d $596.00, 1 nokia voda phone valued $329.00, 2 speaker valued $250.00, 13 CD valued $140.00, to the total value of $2,190 from van registration number DG 521, the property of Nil Nilesh Prasad s/o Nirendra Prasad. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15431564 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 \par The grounds of appeal are that the sentences, of 9 months imprisonment on each count to be served consecutive to each other, are severe, harsh, excessive and wrong in principle. \par \par The facts of the case, which were accepted by the Appellant, were that in Case No. 535/02, the complainant owned two express vans.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 On 17}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 th}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 September 2002, he locked his van up after midnight, in his compound in Wainibokasi.}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 The Appellant with his accomplice, entered the compound at night and broke into the vehicles and stole the items in the charge.}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 On arrest, the Appellant admitted committing the offence. \par \par The facts in Case No. 536/2002, were that the complainant owned an express van.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 On 17}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 th}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 September 2002, he parked his van at 10 miles, Nasinu and locked it.}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 The Appellant, with his accomplice broke into the van and stole the items.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 On arrest they admitted committing the offence.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 On this charge, $1,154.00 worth of items was recovered. \par \par The Appellant admitted two previous convictions.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 He said he was 20 years old, a married man and that he was employed as a van driver at W ainibuku.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 He said he had sold the car radio to a taxi driver. \par \par The Appellant was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment on each charge.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 In comprehensive submissions, at the hearing of this appeal, counsel for the Appellant submitted that consecutive sentences were not appropriate for offences committed in the course of a single criminal transaction, and that in any event, a custodial sentence was not suitable for a young offender with one previous conviction for larceny of duck. \par \par State counsel submitted that the two charges arose out of two separate transactions, that a 2}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 -}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 9 month sentence was the tariff for a first conviction, for larceny (}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 Ronald Vikash Singh }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 -}{ \b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 v}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 -}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 State}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 HAA}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 0}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 035 of 2002) and that a sentence in excess of 9 months imprisonment should therefore be imposed for a second conviction.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 She submitted that a total sentence of 8 months imprisonment was therefore appropriate.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 Further, she said that because the Appellant was stealing from members of his own local community, he had also betrayed the trust of those who knew him. \par \par The Appellant}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 61 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 s list of previous conviction disclose only one previous conviction (prior to the offences of 17}{\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 th}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 September 2002). }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 That conviction was for the offence of larceny of a duck in March 1999 for which he was fined $20.00.}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 Although the offence is not a very serious offence, it is an offence of dishonesty.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 The Appellant has lost his right to be treated with the leniency normally shown to a first offender.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 A non}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 -}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 custodial sentence could certainly have been considered for a first offender.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 However the Appellant had offended before and in respect of an offence of larceny.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 I accept State counsel}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 61 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 s submission that a custodial sentence in excess of 9 months imprisonment on each count was appropriate in the circumstances. \par \par The remaining question is whether the sentences ought to be served concurrently.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 Although the offences were committed on consecutive days, the Appellant committed them with the same accomplice and using the same method. They were on a van}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 -}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 breaking spree.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 The offences were closely linked by time and method.}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 In the circumstances, the sentences ought to be served concurrently.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 This appeal therefore succeeds to the extent that the sentences on each count must be served concurrently.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15431564 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 Nazhat Shameem \par }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 JUDGE}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15431564 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 At Suva \par 23}{\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 rd}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14946375\charrsid15431564 December 2002}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15431564 \par }}