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\par AT LAUTOKA
\par CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14162260\charrsid14162260 Mr. T. Qalinauci for the State
\par Mr. K. Tunidau for the Accused
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\par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14162260\charrsid14162260 Date of Hearing:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14162260\charrsid14162260 \tab 8 \endash  10 March 2010
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\par [1]\tab Nioni Tagi, you have been found guilty by this Court of the offence of murder, contrary to section 199 of the Penal Code, Cap. 17.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14162260  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14162260\charrsid14162260 You will be sentenced for the offence by section 200 of that Code.
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\par [2]\tab It is mandatory for me to sentence you to life imprisonment and that is the sentence I so pass.
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\par [3]\tab The evidence before the Court shows that on the 9th February 2009 you callously and cruelly attacked your husband with a heavy metal candleholder. You tried to cover up your act by lying about the whereabouts of your husband.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14162260  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14162260\charrsid14162260 This is a man who had kept you and provided for you for some years and he didn\rquote 
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\par [4]\tab I order that you serve a minimum term of 12 years in which you are not eligible to be released on parole.
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