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}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14049157 Mr. S. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 Matawalu, Counsel for the accused person}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14049157\charrsid16338797 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14049157 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid14049157 JUDGMENT \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16338797 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14049157\charrsid16338797 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 The accused Lemeki Lawarua Nasau is charged with manslaughter }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9317329 and has }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 pleaded guilty. He is a man of some 42 years of age and at }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9317329 the }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 time of the offence was employed as a barman at the Lautoka Hotel.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9317329 He is married,}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 and had three}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15619933 children, a girl}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9317329 and two boys.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 The}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9317329 offence }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 with which he is charged relates to the unlawful killing}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7867383 of his }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 daughter Anaseini Makarawa and the prosecution case is that }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7867383 on 8th September}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid7867383 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7867383 1977 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 he administered corporal punishment to his }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7867383 daughter }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 to such an extent that she }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7867383 died}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 on the following day. It }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7867383 appears }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 that on 8th September at about 11 p.m. he found that his}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7867383 daughter had been meeting a man in the sugar cane field near the house. He became }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 very annoyed and beat his daughter very severely with his }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7867383 belt and then with a broom}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 . It was not a continuous beating but}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7867383 appears}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 to have been resumed after short intervals and must have gone }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7867383 on for }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 some time. Not satisfied with that he refused to allow her to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7867383 be given}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 medical attention, when she began }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9979396\charrsid16338797 vomiting}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 . Evidence of accused's good character has been }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7867383 given. He is a Sunday School Superintendent and a lay preacher in the }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7490872 Methodist Church and has been diligent in the performance of his religious duties for the past four years.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 M}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 r. Matawalu submitted that this offence might be met by a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 suspended sentence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 I cannot accept that at all. In the first place }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 there was here an act of deliberate violence }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 - deliberate none the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 less although it was}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 unpremeditated - for which a charge of murder }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 might well have been }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 sustained. In the second place, although the}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 power of a parent to correct his child by }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 chastisement must be }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 recognised }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 that chastisement must }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 never}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 exceed due bounds nor}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 should }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 it as it seems to have been used here, be used by the parent }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 to assuage }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 his wounded pride. I have borne in mind that the accused}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7629701 has}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 pleaded guilty and that he was in prison for a month until an }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 amended}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 charge was laid against him. \par \par The accused will be convicted on his own plea and will }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 serve}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid16338797 a sentence of imprisonment for two years.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343\charrsid16338797 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid267343 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343\charrsid267343 (Sgd.) K.A. Stuart}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16338797\charrsid267343 \par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343\charrsid267343 JUDGE}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16338797 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343 \par LAUTOKA, \par 7th February, 1978}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15619933 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid267343\charrsid16338797 \par }}