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The Hon. Justice Keith Mason, Judge of the Supreme Court
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Hon. Justice Kenneth Handley, Judge of the Supreme Court
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Hon. Justice}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16732504\charrsid1469475 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  Ronald Sac}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16060520\charrsid1469475 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 k}{
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\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Hearing\tab \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 :}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16732504\charrsid1469475 \tab \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Tuesday, }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15025514\charrsid1469475 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 22}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16732504\charrsid1469475 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  July 2\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 008, Suva
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\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Counsel\tab \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 :}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11407860\charrsid1469475 \tab \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Petitioner in Person}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16732504\charrsid1469475 

\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6585487\charrsid1469475 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Ms. A. Prasad }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11407860\charrsid1469475 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 for the Respondent}{
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16732504\charrsid1469475 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Date of Judgment\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 :}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9117549\charrsid1469475 \tab \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
Wednesday, 23 July 2008}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15957369\charrsid1469475 
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1469475 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9766325\charrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11422745\charrsid14896801 \tab \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 This is a petition for special leave to appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 on 14 July 2006.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11422745\charrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Court of Appeal refused the petitioner leave to \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
appeal}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1469475 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  a}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11422745\charrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
gainst his conviction on one count of unlawful use of a motor vehicle and one count of robbery with violence.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11422745\charrsid14896801 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The Court of Appeal also dismissed the petitioner\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s appeal agai\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 nst his sentence of a total of 9 years imprisonment.}{
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The petitioner was convicted after a trial in the High Court at Lautoka (Connors J and assessors).}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11422745\charrsid14896801 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The only substantial evidence against the petitioner was a confession made by him in a police inte\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 rview.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11422745\charrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The confession was made the day after the petitioner was apprehended by the police.
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The petitioner was represented by counsel at the trial and challenged the admissibility of the confession.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11422745\charrsid14896801 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 The petitioner\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s case was that he had been severely\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
 assaulted by the police and, in fear of further assault, had confessed his involvement in a bank robbery which had taken place on 23 May 2002.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11422745\charrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 It was common ground that the petitioner had sustained injuries on the day of his apprehension, but the police \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
maintained that these injuries had been caused as the result of the petitioner fleeing from the police.
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The trial Judge conducted a voir dire prior to the commencement of the trial to determine whether the confession was admissible.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2760892\charrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Evidence was give\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 n on the voir dire by four police officers and by the petitioner and his brother.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2760892\charrsid14896801 
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1469475 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2760892\charrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 [5]\tab 
The trial Judge gave detailed reasons on 9 September 2004 for admitting the confession into evidence.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2760892\charrsid14896801 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 He was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the caution interv\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 iew, at which the confession was made, was conducted voluntarily in circumstances of fairness to the accused.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2760892\charrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 His Lordship rejected the petitioner\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s version of events leading to the caution interview.
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The Court of Appeal pointed out that the questi\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 on on the voir dire was purely a question of fact to be answered after a proper valuation of the evidence.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2760892\charrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 There had \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
been no suggestion that the trial Judge had misdirected himself and there was no other basis for interfering with the decision to admit \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 the confession into evidence.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 
\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2760892\charrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Nor did the Court of Appeal see any basis for challenging the petitioner\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s conviction.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2760892\charrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
The Court considered that the sentence of 9 years imprisonment was appropriate for an armed robbery at a bank, in the course of which sta\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
ff and customers were threatened and some $270,000 in cash was stolen, the bulk of which was never recovered.
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The Court of Appeal correctly identified the issues before the trial Judge and the assessors as questions of fact to be decided on the eviden\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 ce.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2760892\charrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 In this Court, as in the Court of Appeal, there has been no suggestion of misdirection that the trial, either on the voir dire or to the assessors.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2760892\charrsid14896801 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
No basis has been shown for challenging the lawfulness of the sentence of imprisonment.
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\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 [8]\tab For these\hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0  reasons, the petition for special leave to appeal must be dismissed.
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13972253\charrsid14896801 
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\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Judge of the Supreme Court
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\par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16060520\charrsid1469475 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Hon. }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13387663\charrsid1469475 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Justice Kenneth Handley
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Judge of the Supreme Court
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\par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16060520\charrsid1469475 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Hon. }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13387663\charrsid1469475 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Justice Ronald Sac}{
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15025514\charrsid1469475 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Suva, for th}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13387663\charrsid1469475 \hich\af0\dbch\af37\loch\f0 
e Respondent}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12930619\charrsid1469475 
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