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CASE NO: HAM0}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 046 OF 2004S \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14043636 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14043636 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 Between:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636\charrsid14043636 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14043636 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636\charrsid14043636 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14043636 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 PITA NAINOKA \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 Applicant \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14043636 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14043636 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 And:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636\charrsid14043636 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14043636 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636\charrsid14043636 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14043636 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 THE STATE \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 Respondent \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14043636 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 \par Hearing:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 15th July 2004 \par Ruling:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 16th July 2004 \par \par Counsel:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 Applicant in Person \par Mr. W. Kuruisiqila for State \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14043636 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 RULING \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14043636 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 \par The Applicant applies for bail pending trial.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 The application is opposed by the State. The grounds for the application are that the remand facilities at the Suva Prison are overcrowded and inhumane, that the Applicant needs bail in order to obtain legal representation and that his son needs him. \par \par His application did not disclose the offences with which he has been charged, nor the length of time he has been held in custody.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 State counsel similarly did not have the necessary information, although he filed the affidavit of Assistant Commissioner of Prisons Peniame Salacakau.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 The affidavit states that the Suva Prison has enough cells to accommodate one detainee per cell but that detainees prefer to share cells, that the accommodation at the Prisons does not pose a health threat and that there is no water leakage in the remand facility. \par \par Because of the dearth of information available to me, I called for the court record.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 This was speedily made available yesterday.} {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 Court file 679/04 is in respect of one count of robbery with violence and one count of unlawful use of motor vehicle.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 The Applicant is alleged to have robbed one Aminiasi Solomone of $66,873.47 in cash and cheques and to have used personal violence on him.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 He is also alleged to have unlawfully used a motor vehicle which was the property of Raffles Hotel.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 The charges are dated the 1st day of March 204. \par \par In File 1504/04 the Applicant is charged with Senijieli Boila of robbing Aminiasi Solomone of $66,079.05 in cheque and cash, between the 29th of February and the 1st of March 2004 and to have unlawfully used a Raffles Hotel vehicle.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 Although the files appear to refer to the same incident the hearing for one is listed for the 10th of September 2004, and for the other the 14th of September 2004.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 The Applicant has been in custody since 11th of March 2004.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 He has made several applications for bail since then, but they have all been refused.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 On the 4th of May the prosecutor told the Court that the Applicant has escaped from the police cell that morning.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 He was recaptured, it appears on the 6th of May but bail was refused thereafter on that basis. \par \par The Applicant has a right to bail pending trial.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 Relevant to a bail application is the public interest, the interests of the Applicant and the likelihood of appearance for trial.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 By the time the Applicant is tried for the offences charged, he will have been in custody for 6 months.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 This is not an excessively long period of time in the light of the seriousness of the offences, and the previous escape from custody. \par \par I have considered all that the Applicant has said about the prison conditions but I am satisfied that these conditions are not inhumane or degrading.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 I am further satisfied that he can apply for legal aid whilst on remand, and I urge him to expedite his application with the Legal Aid Commission.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 Finally I have taken into account the fact that he has a dependent child, but consider that the child is in the safe hands of his mother and grandmother in Kinoya. \par \par In all the circumstances I consider that bail should be refused.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14043636 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 The Applicant may appeal this decision to the Court of Appeal, and may also make subsequent applications in the Magistrates\rquote Courts. \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14043636 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 Nazhat Shameem \par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 JUDGE \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14043636 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397797\charrsid14043636 \par At Suva \par 16th July 2004 \par }}