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\par CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
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\par Ms. M. Fong for the State
\par Accused in Person
\par 
\par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 Date of Hearing:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 13 and 25 May 2010
\par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 Date of Sentence:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 25 May 2010
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\par [1]\tab On the 12h April 2010 at Tavua Magistrates\rquote  Court, the accused pleaded guilty to one charge of attempted rape.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 
He agreed the facts and was convicted.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 
He was represented by the Legal Aid Commission, which Commission filed a submission of mitigation in writing.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 
The Magistrates Court transferred the matter to this Court }{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597 "}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 for trial}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597 "}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597  pursuant to S. 190 of the Criminal Procedure Decree 2009.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 
Section 190 deals with sentence and there being no necessity for }{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597 "}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 trial}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597 "}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 , this Court assumes that the transfer for trial is a misnomer for sentence.
\par 
\par [2]\tab The facts of the case are that in the early hours of the morning of 27 January 2010 at Nadala, Nadarivatu, the accused attempted to rape the victim a 2 year old girl sleeping in the same house.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 The little girl was staying with her 25 year old sister and was to sleep in the sitting room.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 The accused was staying in the same house, sleeping in another room.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 
At about 4.00am the guardian woke up and noticed that the victim was not in the sitting room.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 She searched and he
ard noises coming from the accused\rquote s room.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 She entered the room and found the victim lying beside the accused.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 She removed the victim who was crying.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 When changing the child\rquote s diaper she noticed seminal fluid on the diaper and on the back of the girl.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 The grandmother who was also in the house confronted the accused who then fled from the village.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 The child was taken to Tavua Hospital and examined.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 
A medical report discloses that there was bruising of the left labia consistent with recent blunt trauma.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 
The pediatrician added in the report that the psychological impact of the incident will affect the victim and her family.
\par 
\par [3]\tab The accused was arrested on 28th January 2010 and interviewed under caution by the Police.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 He said that he was doing early mor
ning devotion when the victim entered his room.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 After devotion he had }{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597 "}{
\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 lusty feeling}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597  and lay down next to the victim.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 He started rubbing the victim\rquote s vagina after lifting her diaper.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 He then rubbed his erect penis against her vagina until he ejaculated.
\par 
\par [4]\tab The accused is aged 51, is married with one daughter and is normally resident in Taveuni.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 He is unemployed.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 In mitigation his Counsel submits that he was overcome by }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597 "}{
\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 an inordinate and intense longing to lay with a woman}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597 "}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 .}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 He nevertheless acknowledges that his actions were wrong, he pleaded guilty, he has no previous convictions an
d Counsel prays that all of these factors should be taken into consideration.
\par 
\par [5]\tab It is quite unnecessary to list what are the gravest aggravating factors imaginable.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 
As the good Doctor says the lifelong impact that these events would have on this child and particularly when she herself reaches sexual maturity is unthinkable.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 To abuse the trust of his hosts by defiling an innocent baby in the house is outrageous.
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\par }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 The Law
\par 
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 [6]\tab The maximum sentence for attempted rape is now life imprisonment.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 The maximum sentence for attempted rape on the 27th January 2010 was ten years.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 Ten years is obviously not enough for such a heinous crime however but for it being committed 4 days before the law changed, I am constrained to apply the former penalty.
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\par [7]\tab I take as my starting point the maximum term of ten years, for the very reason that I cannot imagine a more serious case of attempted rape than this.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 Credit must be given to the accused for his clear record, his remorse and most particularly for his early plea.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 For those factors I deduct three years.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 
\par 
\par \tab It is very tempting to add further years to reflect the serious aggravating features in this case.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10428597\charrsid10428597 However those features are 
already subsumed in the starting point of ten years and it would be unfair to the accused to punish him twice fold for his deeds, no matter how odious they be.
\par 
\par [8]\tab The total terms of imprisonment will be therefore seven years.
\par 
\par [9]\tab To reflect the Court\rquote s and the community\rquote s abhorrence for such a crime, I fix a period of six years in which the accused is not eligible to be considered for parole.
\par 
\par [10]\tab Thirty (30) days to appeal.
\par 
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\par At Lautoka
\par 25 May 2010}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1972231\charrsid10428597 
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