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\par AT LAUTOKA
\par CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 Ms M. Fong for the State
\par Accused in Person
\par 
\par Date of Hearing:\tab 10 March 2010
\par Date of Sentence:\tab 12 March 2010
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After trial in the Magistrates Court at Lautoka on one count of rape and two counts of indecent assault, the accused was found guilty and convicted on the 19th February 2010.
\par 
\par [2]\tab On the 10th March 2010 the learned Magistrate, on application by the State, transferred the matter to this Court for sentencing pursuant to section 190(c) of the Criminal Procedure Decree 2010.
\par 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid476946 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 i.\tab 
The facts reveal that on an unknown day in 2008, the accused took the victim, his own daughter, on horseback to the village of Abaca.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
Whilst there, he ordered her to remove her clothes and lie on the ground.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 He removed his own clothes and raped her.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 She was aged 14 at the time.
\par 
\par ii.\tab On the 20th January 2009 at about 9.00pm, the same victim was sleeping in a room with her two younger brothers and the accused.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
Her father woke her and called her to the floor, pushing the boys away, pulled off her panties, rubbed his penis against her vagina and licked her indecently there.
\par 
\par iii.\tab On the 24th January 2009 the accused again on the floor of the bedroom made the same victim lie close to him.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
He removed her clothes, rubbed both his tongue and penis over her vagina until he ejaculated.
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\par [4]\tab The accused said nothing in mitigation, but submitted a written }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 application for bail pending trial}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 .}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
This was totally misconceived in that there was to be no trial in this Court, and bail was totally out of the question.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 However in
 that application he did refer to several mitigating factors.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
He submits that he is the sole breadwinner for his impoverished family, that he has elderly parents and a father who is handicapped.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
He also submitted a letter of reference from the prison which claims that he is a member of the Western Ward Rugby Team.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
He is a role model in the team and a source of inspiration to younger unemployed men.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 He is 44 years old and unemployed.
\par 
\par [5]\tab Rape and indecent assaults by a father on a 14 year old daughter does not make him a role model in my Court.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
The crimes are abominable and are becoming far too common in Fiji.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
The authorities state that rape of children must incur a starting point of ten years.
\par 
\par [6]\tab In the case of }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 State v Marawa}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820  [2004] FJHC 338, Gates J. (as
 he then was) passed a sentence of 13 years on a 51 year old for raping a 14 year old in his care.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 His Lordship said }{
\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820 "}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 rape is the most serious sexual offence.}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{
\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 The Courts have reflected increasing public intolerance for this crime, by hardening their hearts to offenders and by meting out harsh sentences}{
\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820 "}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 .}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 I agree.
\par 
\par [7]\tab In }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 Poese v State}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 , an appeal against sentence for rape.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 Shameem J. was reviewing a Magistrate\rquote s sentence for a man convicted of raping his own 12 year old daughter found that a 15 year sentence
 for rape to be justified in the circumstances.
\par 
\par [8]\tab The rape in the present case and the indecent assaults were a gross breach of trust.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
A 14 year old is still not mature and the animal behaviour of her father will surely scar her for the rest of her life.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
The Courts cannot ignore the severity of such behaviour.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
It is a breach of trust of the worst kind and a destruction of a father/daughter relationship.
\par 
\par [9]\tab I take a starting point for the rape a term of imprisonment for 12 years.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 There is no meaningful 
mitigation and in any event he has four previous convictions for rape in the year 2000.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 Those convictions afford him no credit.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
The fact that it was his own daughter and that he used his status as her father to override her will I take as a serious aggravating feature for which I will add two years to the sentence.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 For the rape he is therefore sentenced to 14 years imprisonment.
\par 
\par [10]\tab The maximum penalty for indecent assault is 5 years imprisonment and in the case of }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 State v Kumar}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
 [2003] FJHC 71 Shameem J. said that indecent assaults on children should attract sentences of 3 years imprisonment.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
That is the starting point I take in this case for each of the two indecent assaults.
\par 
\par [11]\tab The victim at 14 years of age is still a child and at the mercy of her aggressive father.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 
To have committed these offences in front of her two young brothers is a further aggravating feature.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 For that I
 increase his sentence by one year making a total sentence for each indecent assault a term of 4 years.
\par 
\par [12]\tab The sentences for the two indecent assaults are to be served concurrently, but pursuant to section 17 of the Sentencing and Penalties Decree 2009, I order that two years of those sentences be served consecutively to the rape sentence.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 The total period of imprisonment therefore will be a term of 16 years imprisonment.
\par 
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13305820\charrsid13305820 At Lautoka
\par 12 March 2010}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1972231\charrsid13305820 
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