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\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
\par AT SUVA
\par CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3805289 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 MACIU KOROI
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 Mr G. Allan and M. Korovou for State
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\par Maciu Koroi, you have pleaded guilty to, and have been convicted of an offence of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3805289  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 
The charge is that on the 4th day of January 2001 you assaulted Rusiate Kotobalavu at Nasinu, and caused him actual bodily harm.
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\par In the course of that assault, in which other people also allegedly participated, Rusiate Kotobalavu received a number of injuries which were detailed in the facts outlined by the prosecutor.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3805289  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 It appears that the incident arose from an earlier incident between the accused and Rusiate\rquote s brother, as a result of which you were sentenced to 6 months imprisonment.
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\par The maximum sentence for this offence is 5 years imprisonment.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3805289  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 I have taken into acco
unt all that has been said on your behalf, that it was Rusiate who approached your group first, that you are still young and that you have already spent 10 months in custody pending trial.
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\par Further, I note that sentences for similar offences in the past (}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 Sitiveni Turaganivalu -v- The State}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 
 Crim. App. 0041/98, }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 Asaeli Takala -v- State}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289  Crim. App. 72/98, }{
\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 Eferemo Salauca -v- State}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289  Crim. App. No. HAA 31/97, }{
\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 Aisake Leiloma -v- State}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289  Crim. App. HAA 21/98, range from 3 years imprisonment to suspended sentences.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3805289  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 The 
longer terms appear to be more appropriate for cases where the violence was grave, and the victim vulnerable or rendered vulnerable by assault or other causes.
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\par In this case I would be failing in my duty if I did not pass a sentence on you which reflected the seriousness of the assault on Rusiate Kotobalavu.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3805289  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 In particular, you assaulted him not only in the course of a fist fight between your group and Rusiate\rquote 
s, but you continued the assault even after Rusiate was rendered semi-conscious and efforts were being made to revive him.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3805289  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 
Such an assault was cowardly and brutal.
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\par Because of the seriousness of the attack on Rusiate, I have used a term of 4 years imprisonment as a starting point.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3805289  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279715\charrsid3805289 
I give you credit for your guilty plea, your previous good character prior to the assault on Rusiate\rquote s brother, and the period you have already spent in custody.
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\par I sentence you after considering all these matters to 2 years imprisonment.
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\par At Suva
\par 21st March 2002
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