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\par Mr. S. Babitu for the State
\par Applicant in Person
\par 
\par Date of Hearing:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 15th}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 September 2011
\par Date of Ruling:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 26th}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 
September 2011
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 [1]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 
The applicant makes an application for permanent stay of proceedings against him in the Lautoka Magistrate}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624 '}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 s Court (Case No. 
655 of 2006) on the grounds of delay.
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\par [2]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 The applicant is charged below with one charge of Robbery with Violence contrary to Section 293(1) (b) of
 the Penal Code; one charge of Unlawful use of Motor Vehicle, contrary to Section 292 of the Penal Code, one charge of Obtaining Credit by false pretence contrary to Section 310 of the Penal Code and one charge of Resisting A
rrest contrary to Section 247(b) of the Penal Code.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 He was initially charged with one other co-accused and he first appeared in the Court
 below on the 17th November, 2006.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 The delay therefore is four years and ten months.
\par 
\par [3]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 
The legal principles governing stay of proceedings because of delay in this jurisdiction have been well and comprehensively dealt with in rulings from the High Court over the last few years.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 Goundar J. in }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 Jonacani Nacagi}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624  HAM 23
 of 2009 canvassed the case law in Fiji, New Zealand and England in considerable detail and from those cases distilled the following three principles:
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 Is there a breach of right to be tried within a reasonable time.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624 
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 Whether the breach could be remedied by an appropriate remedy without recourse to stay of proceedings, unless the hearing would be unfair or it would be unfair to try the accused at all.

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\par [4]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 
It is accepted now that stay will only be granted in the most exceptional circumstances, and that an enquiry into the conduct of the parties is very relevant.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 As Lord Bingham said in }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 Dyer v Watson}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 
 [2002] UKPCDI:
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A defendant cannot properly complain of delay of which he is the author.}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 
But procedural time wasting on his part does not entitle the prosecuting authorities themselves to waste time unnecessarily and excessively.}{\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624 "}{
\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 
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\par It is helpful therefore to examine the chronology of proceedings in the Magistrate Court.
\par 
\par [5]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 Both the applicant and his co-accused appeared in the Magistrates Court in November and December 2006.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 A plea was entered on 18 December 2006 and there were then delays while the applicant sought legal aid.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 Legal aid issues dominated proceedings throughout 2007 until the 1st
 January 2008 when legal aid Counsel informed the Court that legal aid had been approved.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 After that the applicant}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624 '}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 s co-accused entered a plea of guilty and the following appearances focused on his sentence.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 A trial date was eventually set for the 20th May 2008 when the applicant did not appear.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  
}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 In fact, the next 12 occasions the case was called in Court the applicant made no appearance.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 The police prosecution informed the Court that they were experiencing problems with service of production orders on the applicant, who was at the time a serving prisoner.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 In early 2009, the applicant was released from prison and 
still did not appear for his case, bench warrants being issued and notices of hearing issued.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 He next appeared in Court on the 5th
 February 2011.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 A hearing date has now been fixed for the 4th October, 2011.
\par 
\par [6]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 It is quite apparent from the record that none of the delays were the fault of the prosecution.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 They were ready to go to trial as early as the 20th May 2008 but the accused was not produced.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 It is not the fault of the applicant that he was not produced over a long period of more than 18 months; it was caused by systemic failure.
}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 That being so, it does not absolve him for not appearing after he was released from prison.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 He made no efforts to contact the Court or Police, he knowing full well that the case was afoot.
\par 
\par [7]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 In the circumstances, I do not find that the delay is exceptional, nor do I find that he has suffered injustice at the hands
 of the prosecution.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 A very large part of these delays, when not systematic, are the fault of the applicant himself.
\par 
\par [8]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 A hearing date has now been set for the 4th
 October, a date just over a week from now and the applicant will therefore see justice done to his case then.
\par 
\par [9]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 The application for stay of proceedings is refused.
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\par }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 JUDGE}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14888624\charrsid14888624 
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\par At Lautoka
\par 26th September 2011
\par }}