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\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 IN THE SUPREME COURT, FIJI ISLANDS
\par AT SUVA
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO CAV0002 OF 2003S
\par FIJI COURT OF APPEAL, CRIMINAL ACTION NO.AAU0010 OF2002S)
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 BETWEEN:
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 WONG KAM HONG
\par }{\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Petitioner
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\insrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 AND:
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\insrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 THE STATE
\par }{\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Respondent
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par Coram:\tab Hon Justice Robert French, Judge of Supreme Court
\par Hon Justice Kenneth Handley, Judge of Supreme Court
\par Hon Justice Mark Weinberg, Judge of Supreme Court
\par 
\par Hearing:}{\fs24\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Thursday, 23 October 2003, Suva
\par 
\par Counsel: Petitioner in Person 
\par Mr G. H. Allan for the Respondent
\par 
\par Date of Judgment: Thursday, 23 October 2003, Suva 
\par 
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\par }\pard\plain \s23\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 \fs24\lang3081\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp3081\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 On 8 February 2002, the petitioner was sentenced by Fatiaki J, as his Lordship then was, to 12\~years\rquote 
 imprisonment on three counts relating to the importation into Fiji of a large quantity of heroin.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
He pleaded guilty to all three counts, and was sentenced:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\f3\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 \loch\af3\dbch\af0\hich\f3 \'b7\tab}}\pard\plain 
\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls20\ilvl1\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14054118 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 on count
\~1, importing heroin, to seven years\rquote  imprisonment;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\f3\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 \loch\af3\dbch\af0\hich\f3 \'b7\tab}}\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls20\ilvl1\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14054118 {
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 on count\~2, being in possession of heroin, to five years\rquote  imprisonment; and}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\f3\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 \loch\af3\dbch\af0\hich\f3 \'b7\tab}}\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls20\ilvl1\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14054118 {
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 on count\~3, attempting to export heroin, to five years\rquote  imprisonment.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par The learned sentencing judge ordered that the sentences on counts\~1 and 2 be served concurrently, but consecutively with the sentence imposed on count\~3, making a total effective sentence of 12\~years\rquote  imprisonment.
\par 
\par The petitioner seeks special leave to appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal dismissing his appeal against that sentence.
\par 
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par On an unknown date, late in 1999, 357.7875\~kilograms of heroin were imported into Fiji.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
This was by far the largest quantity of heroin ever imported into this country, and one of the largest shipments of drugs ever detected anywhere.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 The heroin was concealed within two containers.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par 
\par The petitioner is a resident of Hong Kong.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 He first came to Fiji in April\~2000 on a false passport.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 His instructions from others in Hong Kong were to arrange for the clearance of the two containers.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 He did so with his brother\rquote s assistance.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 He arranged for the storage of the containers at premises which he rented at 50 Panapasa Road, Tamavua, Suva.
\par 
\par The petitioner next came to Fiji on 6 September 2000.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 On that occasion, he again entered this country on a false passport.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 On 27 October 2000, he attended at the storage premises, and selected 50 blocks of heroin weighing
 a total of 35.1947 kilograms for the purpose of export to Australia.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
The heroin was of an average purity 72.49%, or equivalent to 25.5126 kilograms of pure heroin.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
The prosecution claimed that the potential wholesale value of the heroin to be exported to Australia was approximately A$50.8 million, and that it had a potential street value of many times that amount.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 The remaining heroin was still at the premises when seized by the police the following day.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 When the petitioner was arrested, he had in his possession plastic stencils of counterfeit immigration stamps, stolen travellers
\rquote  cheques to the value of approximately $3,000, and a false Singaporean passport.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
The primary judge described these items as an }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid13900359 "international drug trafficker\rquote s kit".
\par }\pard\plain \s7\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\outlinelevel6\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 \b\fs24\ul\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10757210 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid10757210 The primary judge\rquote 
s sentencing remarks
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par The sentencing judge commenced his}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
remarks by noting that the maximum penalty for the offence of importation of heroin, provided for in s 41(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act (Cap 114), was 8 years\rquote  imprisonment and/or a fine of $2,000.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
He observed that the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, which sets out the penalties for offences involving drugs, had not been amended in relation to morphine or heroin, since 1978.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 The maximum penalty for offences involving those drugs was significantly below that for Indian hemp, Coca leaf and raw Opium.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Trafficking in Indian hemp where the quantity exceeds 100 grams carried a maximum penalty of 20 years\rquote 
 imprisonment while trafficking in prepared opium weighing in excess of a mere 10 grams carried a sentence of life imprisonment.
\par 
\par His Lordship was understandably concerned at the extraordinary fact that dealing with a quantity of well over 300 kilograms of heroin with an average purity in excess of 70% carried a maximum penalty of only 8 years.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 In his Lordship\rquote s words, it was }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid13900359 "\'85
difficult to imagine a worse case than this ever occurring in this country."
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par The sentencing judge noted that the petitioner had pleaded guilty, and was entitled to some measure of leniency by reason of having done so.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 He also noted that the petitioner had no relevant antecedents, and took into account his age and family circumstances.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 He concluded, however, that the petitioner was the principal operative within this country of an importation of an extremely large quantity of heroin ori
ginating from Myanmar, directed and financed from Hong Kong.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
He found that in April 2000, on his first visit to Fiji, the petitioner had organised and financed the release of the two containers from Customs, and their transfer and storage thereafter.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 He al
so found that some 6 months later, the petitioner, with the assistance of a co-accused, personally prepared and packed the 35 kilograms of heroin from the larger cache and transported it to the Suva Yacht Club with the intention of accompanying it to Aust
ralia.
\par 
\par His Lordship concluded that the petitioner had to be considered a }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid15487944 "distributor"}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
 for whom a deterrent sentence could not be avoided.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
In sentencing the petitioner as he did, he was mindful of the fact that State Counsel had conceded that consecutive sentences were not appropriate on the basis that the offences related to the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 "}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 one shipment}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118  of heroin into the country.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 In rejecting that concession, he said:
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 "}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 \'85
I am firmly of the view that the evidence giving rise to the offence of }{\b\i\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Attempting to Export Heroin}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
 charged in the 3rd count involves a distinct and separate offence arising out of involving [sic] the movement on a known date of an identifiable quantity of the heroin entirely unconnected to the original movement and possession
 charged in Counts 1 & 2 and ought properly to be treated differently.}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 "}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10757210 {\b\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid10757210 The judgment of the Court of Appeal
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par The petitioner appealed against his sentence to the Court of Appeal.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 He relied upon two grounds.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 They were:
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 "}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 (1)
\tab That the learned Judge erred in law and fact in determining that count 3 was a separate transaction from the other two counts.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 (2)\tab 
That when the Prosecutor came to outline facts for sentencing he failed to mention that the Appellant had agreed to plead guilty, one of the bases for which was that the State was supposed to support a concurrent sentence for all counts.}{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 "}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard\plain \s19\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 \f37\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
The Court of Appeal observed that the primary judge had accepted that the heroin was not intended for local consumption.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
The intention was to use this country as a }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 "}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 staging post}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 "}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118  for drug trafficking.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
Their Lordships did not regard this as a significant mitigating factor.
\par 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
In dealing with the first ground of appeal, they rejected the submission that all three counts involved the same drugs, and that the charges under counts 1 and 3 were therefore not }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid13900359 "distinct and separate"}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 They observed that the offence under count 3 was separate in time, and involved a different quantity of heroin from that under count 1.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 A sentence on the charge of attempting to export which was cu
mulative upon the sentence imposed on the other two counts was therefore appropriate.
\par 
\par Turning to the second ground of appeal, their Lordships referred to an affidavit filed by a partner in the law firm then acting for the petitioner.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 The deponent said that shortly before the commencement of the trial, a meeting took place with counsel for the State at which he was present.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
He said that an arrangement was made whereby if the petitioner pleaded guilty, the prosecution would recommend a sentence of seven years in total.
\par 
\par Their Lordships dealt with this ground succinctly.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
They said that the prosecution had met its part of the bargain into which it had entered by making clear to the primary judge that consecutive sentences were not sought, and that an appropriate sentence would be a total of seven years\rquote 
 imprisonment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 It was not the fault of the prosecution that his Lordship had rejected those submissions.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
The question was simply whether he had fallen into error in concluding that there ought not to be concurrency between counts 1 and 3.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 The answer to that question was that he had not.
\par 
\par The Court of Appeal went on to consider whether the total sentence passed was excessive.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Their Lordships referred to the }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid15487944 "totality principle"}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118  in sentencing as explained by the New Zealand Court of Appeal in }{
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid15487944 R v Bradley}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118  [1979] 2 NZLR 262.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 They concluded that the sentence of 12 years for offences when the maximum sentence for each was eight years was undoubtedly severe.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 However, this was a series of offences of such extraordinary seriousness as to call for a severe sentence.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 The petitioner had been actively involved in a massive criminal operation relating to a huge volume of heroin of enormous value.}
{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 There had to be imposed sentences of sufficient severity to deter any person minded to use this country as a }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid15487944 "staging post"}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118  for their criminal activities from doing so.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 In the result, the appeal was dismissed.
\par }\pard\plain \s7\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\outlinelevel6\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 \b\fs24\ul\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10757210 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid10757210 The petition to this Court
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par The petitioner was unrepresented before this Court.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
He relied, in substance, upon the same arguments as had been put before the Court of Appeal.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
In addition, he contended that his plea of guilty in relation to the count of importation had been made under pressure, and in response to a plea bargain negotiated with the prosecution and that the conviction on that count should be set aside.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 There was no appeal against conviction to the Court of Appeal, and it is plain that this Court will not entertain a 
ground of appeal of this type in these circumstances.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
He faces the additional hurdle, in this Court, in relation to his appeal against sentence of having to satisfy the requirements for the grant of special leave in criminal cases.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 These are set out in s 7(2) of the Supreme Court Act 1998.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 That subsection provides:
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 "}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
In relation to a criminal matter, the Supreme Court must not grant special leave to appeal unless \endash 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 a question of general legal importance is involved;}{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 a substantial question of principle aff
ecting the administration of criminal justice is involved; or}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 substantial and grave injustice may otherwise occur.}{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118 "}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par The main argument advanced by the petitioner was that the offences committed under counts 1 and 3 arose out of substantially the same act, circumstances, or series of occurrences, and should therefore have been dealt with by concurrent sentences.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
The principles, which govern whether sentences of imprisonment should be ordered to run concurrently or consecutively, are well established.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 The power to order sentences to run consecutively was said by D.A. Thomas, in his classic work }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
Principles of Sentencing}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 , to be subject to two major limiting principles.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 He described them as the }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid13900359 "one-transaction rule"}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118  and the }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid13900359 "totality principle".}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par 
\par The }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid15487944 "one-transaction rule"}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118  can be stated simply.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Where two or more offences are committed in the course of a }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid15487944 "single transaction",}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118  all sentences in respect of these offences should, as a general rule, be concurrent rather than consecutive.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 The underlying principle is that all the offences taken together constitute a single invasion of the same legally protected interests.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 The difficulty lies in arriving at a satisfactory definition of a }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid13900359 "single transaction".}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par 
\par Thomas provides some helpful examples of the operation of the relevant principle. When the one attack upon another constitutes both malicious wounding and indecent assault, concurrent sentences should generally be imposed.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 However, the fact that two or more offences are committed simultaneously, or close t
ogether in time, does not necessarily mean that they amount to a single transaction.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
Thus, consecutive sentences may be appropriate for theft of a motor vehicle, and driving it dangerously.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
Rape following a burglary has been held not to fall within the }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid15487944 "single-transaction"}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118  principle.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Nor does resisting arrest form part of the same transaction as the offence for which the arrest is being made.
\par 
\par Fox and Freiberg, the learned authors of }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Sentencing: State and Federal Law in Victoria}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
, 2nd edition, 1999, Oxford University Press, comment that the so called }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid15487944 "continuing episode",}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118  or }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid15487944 "one transaction"}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118  rule provides no simple guide.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 They say that for every case that can be cited to illustrate the rule, another can be found that provides an exception, or effectively negates it.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Nonetheless, there are some principles of general application which can be distilled from the authorities.
\par 
\par The existence of an identical motive for different crimes committed on separate occasions will not be sufficient to connect the offences as one transaction, or episode.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 In }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid15487944 R v. Spiero}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
 (1981) 26 SASR 577, it was contended that because armed robbery and heroin trafficking offences committed on different occasions were linked by the prisoner\rquote s desperate necessity to obtain drugs to support his a
ddiction, the sentences imposed on the various counts should be served concurrently.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
That contention was rejected, and in our view, correctly so.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par 
\par In the present case, the petitioner fell to be sentenced for his role in the importation and possession of the entire quantity of heroin contained within the two containers.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 His offences were of a continuing nature, and the sentencing judge recognised that the one-transaction rule applied to counts 1 and 2, those of importation and possession.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 However, the petitioner\rquote 
s conduct in separating out the heroin for the purpose of exporting it to Australia, though part of an ongoing criminal enterprise was, in our view, a separate and distinct act of criminality.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 As the Victorian Court of Appeal observed in }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid15487944 R v. Henderson}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid15487944  [}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 1999] 1 VR 820 at [21] }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid134295 "\'85
there is a logical glide from \lquote single criminal enterprise\rquote  to \lquote single crime\rquote ."}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118  There were two distinct components in this criminal enterprise \endash 
 the act of importation, and the attempt to export the heroin.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
As such the imposition of a cumulative sentence on count 3 was, in our view, warranted.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
No error of principle on the part of the primary judge, or the Court of Appeal, has been demonstrated.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par 
\par The other contention advanced on behalf of the petitioner was t
hat he would never have pleaded guilty had it not been for the agreement reached with the prosecution that it would concede that the sentences imposed on all three counts should be concurrent, and that a total sentence of seven years\rquote 
 imprisonment would be appropriate.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 The Court of Appeal dealt with that contention correctly.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 The State lived up to its end of the bargain.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 The concessions to which it had agreed were made.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
It is clear, however, at least in this country, that a sentencing judge is not bound by any bargain of this type.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
The submissions made on behalf of the prosecution, including any concessions on its part, must be taken into account.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
However, they do not operate as a fetter upon the sentencing discretion, and may be rejected in the sound exercise of that discretion.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 In our view, the sentencing judge was entitled to impose consecutive sentences on counts 1 and 3.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Indeed, he would have fallen into error had he not done so.
\par 
\par We should add that, in our view, the overall sentence of twelve years\rquote  imprisonment does not offend the }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid2780314 "totality principle"}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
The offences in question were close to being the worst cases of their type, at least in any practical, or realistic, sense.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
Had the legislature heeded the repeated calls by the judiciary for the maximum penalty}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
for this type of offence to be substantially increased, the petitioner would undoubtedly be facing a far heavier sentence than twelve years.
\par }\pard\plain \s19\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 \f37\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 

\par The petitioner has not established any basis for the grant of special leave.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Accordingly, special leave is refused.}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 The application is dismissed.
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Hon Justice Robert French
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Judge of Supreme Court
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Hon Justice Kenneth Handley
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Judge of Supreme Court
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\fs24\ul\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\fs24\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Hon Justice Mark Weinberg
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Judge of Supreme Court
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14054118 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 
\par Solicitors: 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14054118\charrsid14054118 Petitioner in Person
\par Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Suva for the Respondent
\par }}