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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 Dates of Hearing:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 11 June, 6 September and 31 August 2010
\par Date of Ruling:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 15 September 2010
\par 
\par Counsel:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 Mr. T. Terere for the Applicant
\par Mr. J. Singh for the Respondent.
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 [1]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 The applicant has been charged with murder on the 24th
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matter was set for trial hearing in this Court to commence on the 15th June last. 
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\par [2]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 On the 9th June Counsel for the applicant appeared and applied by way of Notice of Motion and A
ffidavit first to vacate the trial date and secondly to stay the proceedings permanently on the basis that full and necessary disclosures have not been made to the defence.
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\par [3]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 At the hearing on the 11th June 2010, Counsel for the State consented to the trial date being vacated, h
e frankly admitting that documents to be disclosed were missing and feared irretrievably lost.
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\par [4]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 None of the documents yet being disclosed, t
he applicant persists in his application for stay on the basis that non-disclosure seriously prejudices his defence at trial and he would then be denied his right to a fair trial.
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\par }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 BACKGROUND
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 [5]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 The applicant was arrested on the 11th February 2008 at Navosa.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 The officers arresting him were from Keiyasi, Rakiraki and Lautoka.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 He was interviewed under caution and formally charged.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 The transcrip
t of both events contain confessions which he claims were obtained by force, oppression and duress.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 He submits that his head
 was held under water,he was slapped, he was punched on his face, kicked and was rendered unconscious at least 3 times.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 He was str
ipped to his underpants and locked in a cell. He was taken to Lautoka Magistrates Court on the 13th February and later that day taken to Lautoka Hospital where he was medically examined.
\par 
\par [6]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 His first appearance in this Court was on the 15th February 2008 before my brother Govind J.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 ,}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480  
who on viewing the injuries to his face immediately ordered that he be escorted to Lautoka Police Station to make a formal complaint of police brutality.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 This the applicant did on the 29th February, 2008 in some detail and providing names of individual police officers.
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\par [7]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 On the 16th March 2009, the Legal Aid Commission (}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 "}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 LAC}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 ) wrote to the DPP requesting copies of:
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 Keyasi Police Post diary and cell book - 11 and 12 February 2008;}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 Rakiraki Police Station diary and cell book 12 and 13 February 2008.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 
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\par These were required in order to prepare for a trial within the trial over admissibility of the confessions made.
\par 
\par [8]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 A follow up request was sent on the 9th April 2009.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 
\par [9]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 On the 27th
 April 2009, LAC wrote to the Lautoka Police Station requesting copies of all statements and reports which had come into being following the complaint of police brutality by the applicant.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 With no reply received,}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 a follow up letter was sent on 6th July 2009.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 A reminder was sent to the Lautoka Police Station on 23 February 2010 and then again on the 7th June 2010.
\par 
\par [10]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 Quite astonishingly on that day, 7 June 2010, the Police wrote to the DPP}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 '}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 s office in Lautoka saying that the applicant had indeed made a report of assault but there was found to be }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 "}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 insufficient evidence towards this complaint}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 .}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 It would appear that nothing whatsoever was done to investigate the complaint and there were, therefore, no statements or
 medical reports to disclose.
\par 
\par [11]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 Apart from the suspicious absence of materials relating to an investigation of Mr. Sharma}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 '}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 s complaint of assault, there then remained the request for Police records at the time of arrest; that is the Keiyasi, Lautoka and
 Rakiraki diaries and cell books.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 T
he applicant confirms that he has been served with relevant disclosures pertaining to the Rakiraki Police Station, but there are still outstanding and undisclosed police registers from Keiyasi and from Lautoka.
\par 
\par [12]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 Stay applications being made so frequently now in Fiji, the law is well settled.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 The principles involve either (i) manipulation or abuse of the Court process by the prosecution or (ii) prejudice and unfairness to the defendant in the conduct of his defence }{
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\b\i\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 Derby Crown Court, exp Brooks}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480  (1984) 80 Cr App. R. 164 and }{
\b\i\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 Moevao v Department of Labour}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480  (1980), NZLR 463, (NZCA)). }{
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\par [13]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 There is not one iota of evidence that the prosecution in this case has abused its powers and manipulated the Court}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 '}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 s processes in not disclosing the Police records.
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\par [14]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 There is common ground that this application is not based on delay, the applicant having waived his right 
to rely on delay when seeking (successfully) to vacate his trial date of 15 June 2010.
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\par [15]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 Given that grants of stay are to be exercised only in the most rare of circumstances }{
\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 (}{\b\i\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 R v Edwards}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480  [2009] HC 20}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 ), this Court is of the view that the application is misconceived.
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\par [16]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 The documents sought to be disclosed are the diaries and cell books of Keiyasi Police Station and of Lautoka Police Station.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 It is difficult to imagine circumstances in which these could be used to further the prosecution case against the applicant.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 The only reason the applicant might want the documents is surely to bolster his claims of abuse and improprieties at the ha
nds of the Police.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 To that extent he is not prevented from being tried fairly.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 The availabilty or non-availability of the documents will become in due course a trial matter. As in any other trial, his trial will commence with a }{
\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 voir dire}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480  examining the admissibility of this confessions.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 
On the evidence as it now stands, and without the supporting documents from the two Police Stations; it is difficult to envisage the State succeeding in having the incriminating documents held to be admissibile; but then that
 is not a matter for this Court. There will presumably be evidence on both sides to be considered.
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\par [17]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 The State has not acted }{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 male fides}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 .}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 
They have obviously been as frustrated in this saga as have the Defence.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 In the full knowledge of their contin
uing duty to disclose they have learned that the registers sought to be disclosed no longer exist.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 
That raises a further point of suspicion which the applicant may well be able to add to his }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 arsenal of reasonable doubt}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480  in the }{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 voir dire}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480  proceedings.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 The authorities can no longer cover up improprieties by }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 losing}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 
 documents and they must realize that abuse of suspects will not assist them in securing convictions.
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\par [18]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 This Court is not of course presuming the result of any }{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 
voir dire}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480  proceedings however the facts must be viewed realistically.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 
The applicant in making this application for stay could be said to be pre-empting his }{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 voir dire}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480  proceedings.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 The absence of the Police records will be highly relevant in those proceedings and it is not now for him t
o found a stay application on their non-disclosure. 
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\par [19]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 The application for stay is refused.
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15413480 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 Paul K. Madigan
\par Judge
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15413480 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480 
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15413480\charrsid15413480 At Lautoka
\par 15 September 2010
\par }}