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\par AT LAUTOKA
\par CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
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\par s/o}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10048449\charrsid4924756  Mohammed Hanif}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9184087\charrsid4924756 
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7944700\charrsid4924756 Mr J. Si}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid473749\charrsid4924756 ngh for the State
\par Accused in person
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\par Date of Hearing:\tab }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756\charrsid4924756  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid473749\charrsid4924756 7}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9647121\charrsid4924756 , 8, 9 and 10}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  June 2010}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid473749\charrsid4924756 
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9647121\charrsid4924756 10 June 2010}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid473749\charrsid4924756 
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\par [1]\tab }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8350194\charrsid4924756 You have been found guilty by this Court of Attempted Murder of your }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756 de facto}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8350194\charrsid4924756  wife.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8350194\charrsid4924756 
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\par [2]\tab The facts revealed during trial show that on the 23rd June 2009 at Elevuka (Ba) you met your wife at a house she was renting.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8350194\charrsid4924756 
She had for some weeks prior to that }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13647939\charrsid4924756 been }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8350194\charrsid4924756 co-habiting with a younger man whom 
she had met by chance at the Lautoka bus stand.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8350194\charrsid4924756 
You, understandably, were not happy about that and the purpose of your visit that day was to get her back to take care of your 2 boys aged 6 and 9.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8350194\charrsid4924756 You took a cane knife with you to }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13647939\charrsid4924756 punish}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8350194\charrsid4924756  her if she did not consent to coming back.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8350194\charrsid4924756 An argument ensued and you dragged your wife into the compound where you hit her with the knife on the head and arm.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8350194\charrsid4924756 Police arrived, having been called by neighbours and they luckily were able to disarm you and subdue you.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8350194\charrsid4924756 Your wife suffered a serious injury to her head including a fractured skull.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8350194\charrsid4924756 
That shows the force you had used in the blow to her head.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756 Any blow to the head is extreme
ly serious and such a forceful blow underlines your intent to kill your wife.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid473749\charrsid4924756 
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756 
\par [3]\tab Your murderous intent did not succeed fortunately but the Courts have shown little mercy for such behaviour.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756 
The maximum penalty for this offence is imprisonment for life.
\par 
\par [4]\tab In }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756 State v Bobby Singh}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756  }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756 \endash  HAC 052/07
}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756 , Winter J. passed a term of}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13647939\charrsid4924756 8 y}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756 ears imprisonment on a man who attempted to murder his }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756 de facto}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756 
 spouse by setting her on fire and Shameem J. followed this precedent in }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756 State v Rajendra Samy}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756  [2007] HAC 29/06}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756  where she passed a term of 7 years }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13647939\charrsid4924756 f}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756 o}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13647939\charrsid4924756 r}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756  a similar offence.
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\par [5]\tab You are aged 41 and you were working as a taxi driver.
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\par [6}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756 ]\tab I take as my starting point a term of 5 years imprisonment.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13647939\charrsid4924756 
You obviously planned to do this deed by bringing your own cane knife and hiding it in bushes outside.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13647939\charrsid4924756 
For that aggravating factor, I add a further two years.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756 
As a credit for the time you have spent in custody awaiting trial I deduct 12 months.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4924756  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11677784\charrsid4924756 
The term of imprisonment that you will serve is one of 6 years, and you will not be eligible for parole for the first four years.
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid473749\charrsid4924756 At Lautoka
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