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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9245882 {\b\insrsid9245882 RATU LUKE GAVIDI
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\par }{\insrsid9245882 Gates J.
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\par The Accused in Person
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\par }{\insrsid9245882 9 June 2004
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The 3 Assessors have returned unanimous opinions that the Accused is not guilty of arson, the only charge in this information.}{\insrsid9245882\charrsid5519016  }{\insrsid5519016\charrsid5519016 It is now my duty to arrive a
t my decision paying due heed to those opinions, and to deliver judgment pursuant to section 298(2) of the CPC.}{\insrsid9245882\charrsid5519016  }{\insrsid5519016\charrsid5519016 
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\par [2] \tab I direct myself in terms of my summing up delivered this morning.
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\par [3] \tab This was a case in which the only eye witnesses would all have been accomplices.}{\insrsid9245882\charrsid5519016  }{\insrsid5519016\charrsid5519016 
They would have been from amongst members of a crowd of persons staying at the Parliamentary complex during the hostage crisis.}{\insrsid9245882\charrsid5519016  }{\insrsid5519016\charrsid5519016 
As it happened the only eye witness who did testify as to what happened in the immediate vicinity of the Lighthouse Restaurant was a less than satisfactory witness.}{\insrsid9245882\charrsid5519016  }{\insrsid5519016\charrsid5519016 
He may indeed have been implicated.
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\par [4] \tab At the end of the day the evidence in this case did not reach the high standard of proof required in the criminal courts.}{\insrsid9245882\charrsid5519016  }{\insrsid5519016\charrsid5519016 The accomplice\rquote s evidence was lack
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\par [5]}{\insrsid9245882\charrsid5519016  }{\insrsid5519016\charrsid5519016 \tab I believe the assessors have reached the correct decision and I concur with their opinions.}{\insrsid9245882\charrsid5519016  }{\insrsid5519016\charrsid5519016 
They are to be thanked for performing their duties on behalf of the public with a proper care and seriousness.
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\par [6] \tab The Accused is acquitted on the information.}{\insrsid9245882\charrsid5519016  }{\insrsid5519016\charrsid5519016 Ratu Luke Gavidi you may stand down.
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5519016\charrsid9245882 Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Suva
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