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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 40 OF 2002
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\par Hearing:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 5th December 2002
\par Ruling:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 9th December 2002
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\par Counsel:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 Ms J. Nair for Applicant
\par Mr G. Allen for the State
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\par On 30th October 2002, I refused a bail application in respect of this Applicant, but said that further delay in the hearing of this case may lead to the grant of bail.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064  }{
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He is charged as follows:
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Contrary to Sections 199 and 200 of the Penal Code, Cap. 17.
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\par Although the trial was due to commence on the 9th of December of this year, counsel for the Applicant is involved in the case of }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 State }{
\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064 -}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 v}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064 -}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 
 Timoci Silatolu and Another}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064  before Wilson J.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 
The trial will now commence on the 2nd of June 2003.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 By then the Applicant will have been in custody for 16 months.}{
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\par Substantial delay prior to trial is certainly a relevant (and compelling) ground for the grant of bail.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 However the main principle in a
n application for bail pending trial, is whether the Applicant will appear to stand trial.
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\par The State strongly opposes bail on the grounds of the serious charge, of the fact that his custody is loosely supervised by the Army and is not oppressive, and of the inability of the Applicant to agree to stringent reporting conditions.
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\par Counsel for Applicant says that the Applicant cannot report regularly to a police post, because there is no police post on Beqa Island where his family lives.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 She further says that going to Navua regularly to report is not an option for the Applicant because he is a poor farmer, and because travel to Navua can be erratic especially in bad weather.}
{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 At the hearing of this application, she agreed that although the Applicant was kept in 
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However she said that this shows that the Applicant has been moving freely amongst the witnesses in the case (many of whom are also reservists) and there has been no allegation of interference.
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\par The delay in the hearing of the case is now considerable.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 The reason for the delay is Applicant}{
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The Applicant cannot report regularly (or indeed at all) and says he can only live on Beqa Island, where there is no hope of any form of police supervision.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 It appears that the Applicant does not have access to a telephone.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3483064  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15020137\charrsid3483064 
He offers to report to the Catholic priest on the island, but I consider that this puts an unacceptable burden on the priest who in any event has not been consulted on the matter.
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\par In all the circumstances I have a real doubt as to whether the Applicant will appear to stand trial, especially in the light of the circumstances I have outlined.
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\par This application for bail is refused.
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\par At Suva
\par 9th December 2002
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