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\fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
\par AT SUVA
\par CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14836504 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 CRIMINAL CASE NO: HAC}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504 0}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 020 OF 2002S
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14836504 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 ELIKI MOTOTABUA
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504 Hearing: }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 29th March 2004
\par Sentence:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 6th April 2004
\par 
\par Mr. N. Lajendra for State
\par Accused in Person
\par 
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\par Eliki Mototabua, you have been found guilty and convicted of the abduction, secret confinement for 4 days, and rape of Mereani Radovu between the 5th and 9th of April 2002.
\par 
\par You abducted Mereani by forcing her into a taxi at the Nausori Bus Stand and taking her to your house.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 You then
 kept her there by a combination of assaults and threats, for 4 days.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
In those four days you raped her at least five times until you released her on the 9th of April 2002.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
In the course of the wrongful confinement, you assaulted her by punching her, and beating her with an iron rod, causing multiple injuries on her body.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 While raping her you caused her to receive injuries to her vagina, and to develop a cervical and vaginal infection.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 She was hospitalised as a result of her injuries and suffered psycho-emotional trauma which caused her and her family great distress.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 She was forced to leave Suva as a result of her experiences.
\par 
\par Your list of previous convictions, which date from 1995, include one conviction for attempted rape.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
It is clear to me that you are a danger to society, and in particular a danger to women and girls.
\par 
\par The starting point for rape in Fiji is 7 years imprisonment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 The maximum sentence for abduction is 7 years imprisonment.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 The maximum sentence for abducting with intent to wrongfully confine is 7 years imprisonment.
\par 
\par I have taken into account the mitigating factors you put forward.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
They are that you are a law student at the University of the South Pacific, that you are an only child from a broken family, that you have had to find money to finance your studies and that you decided to study law to help your community.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 You have asked for a suspended sentence to allow you to complete your studies.
\par 
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 Count 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
\par 
\par This is one of the worst cases of abduction I have had to consider.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 The use of misrepresent
ations and coercion and the assaults as you were dragging the victim up the hill call for a deterrent sentence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
I choose as my starting point 5 years imprisonment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
After taking all the aggravating and mitigating circumstances into account I arrive at a sentence of 4 years imprisonment.
\par 
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 Count 2}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
\par 
\par In }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 State v. Seremaia Balelala}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504  Crim. Case No. HAM}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504 0}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 047 of 2003, a man who wrongfully confined a woman overnight at the Colo-i-suva rock pools, using a cane knife to cow her into submission in order to rape her was sen
tenced to 12 months imprisonment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
However he had been charged, not under section 251 of the Penal Code, but under section 256 of the Penal Code, which is a less serious offence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 In this case you confined the victim for a total of 4 days.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
The circumstances of that confinement were brutal and traumatic.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
In the circumstances I take as my starting point, 5 years imprisonment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
After adjustment for the aggravating and mitigating circumstances I arrive at a sentence of 4 years imprisonment.
\par 
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 Counts 3 \endash  7
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
\par I start at 7 years imprisonment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 
The use of gratuitous violence, the psychological trauma and damage to the victim, the physical injuries she sustained, lead me to increase your sentence to 11 years imprisonment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 After adjusting your sentence to reflect the matters raised in mitigation, I arrive at a sentence of 10 years imprisonment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 This is at the higher end of the tariff for rape offences but I consider that it is a sentence which reflects the seriousness of your conduct, and of the consequences of your conduct.

\par 
\par Although in principle each offence is separate and should lead to consecutive sentences, this will lead to an excessively lengthy total term.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14836504  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2317232\charrsid14836504 As such I order that the sentences on each count must be served concurrently.
\par 
\par The sentences are:
\par 
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\par Count 2\tab -\tab 4 years imprisonment
\par Count 3\tab -\tab 10 years imprisonment
\par Count 4\tab -\tab 10 years imprisonment
\par Count 5\tab -\tab 10 years imprisonment
\par Count 6\tab -\tab 10 years imprisonment
\par Count 7\tab -\tab 10 years imprisonment
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\par All sentences are to be served concurrently.
\par 
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\par At Suva
\par 6th April 2004
\par }}