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{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid4750615 THE STATE \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Respondent}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1403936 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4750615\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Coram:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9521438 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The Hon Justice Robert Fre}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9521438 nch, Judge of the Supreme Court \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The Hon}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9521438 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Justice Kenneth Handley, Judge of the Supreme Court }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9521438 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The Hon Justice Mark}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9521438 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Weinberg, Judge of the Supreme Court}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6292545\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Hearing}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6292545 : }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Thursday, 21}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid6292545\charrsid6292545 st}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6292545 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 February 2008, Suva}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6292545\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Counsel:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6292545 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Petitioner in person}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6292545\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 A Prasad for the Respondent}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6292545\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Date of Judgment:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6292545 Monday, 25}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid6292545\charrsid6292545 th}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6292545 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 February 2008, Suva}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6292545\charrsid1403936 \par }\pard \qc 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Those reasons are now given.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2622604\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 2. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 This application for special leave arose out of the imposition by a}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2622604 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 magistrate of a six month term of imprisonment, consecutive upon other}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2622604 sentences being served, for }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 escaping from lawful custody. On 12 March}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2622604 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 2006 the petitioner, together with two other prisoners, escaped from}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2622604 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Naboro Prison. They were all recaptured the following day and charged}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2622604 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 with}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2622604 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 that offence.}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2622604\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 3. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The matter was first listed in the Suva Magistrates Court on 15 March}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2622604 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 2006. The petitioner pleaded guilty, and was duly sentenced.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3016068\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 4. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The background facts can be briefly stated. On 12 March 2006 the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3016068 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 petitioner, and his co\_offenders, were serving prisoners at Naboro}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3016068 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Prison (Minimum Security). As the prisoners were being locked in a}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3016068 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 dormitory, the prison officer discovered that several were missing. The}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3016068 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 matter was reported to the police and a search conducted. All three were}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3016068 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 arrested the following day.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3016068\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 5. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The petitioner admitted these facts.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 He had a long list of prior}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 convictions.}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 He explained that he had escaped only to see his father,}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 and asked for leniency.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 6. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Some weeks later, on 19 April 2006, the petitioner and his two fellow}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 escapees were all charged with prison offences arising out of the same}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 escape. In the petitioner's case, the charge, "loss of government}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 property", was laid pursuant to reg 123(11) of the }{ \b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid14165469 Prisons Regulations}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 .}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The items alleged to have been lost were identified in the Charge Sheet}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 f}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8472200 or the petitioner as "1 blanket,}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 1 towel, 1 cup and 1 razor". The}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 petitioner pleaded not guilty before the Prisons Tribunal, but was}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 convicted and sentenced to ten days loss of remission. He did not, as he}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 might have done, request a review of that punishment. Section 86 of the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid14165469 Prisons Act}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 makes provision made for such a review.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 7. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The petitioner, together with one other of his co\_offenders, then}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 appealed to the High}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Court. }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 The appeal was heard by Shameem J }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 who identified their main}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 contention as follows:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469\charrsid1403936 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid10430900 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid14165469 "... the appellants have been punished for the offence by the Prisons}{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid14165469 Tribunal an}{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1923945 d... the six-}{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid14165469 month term imposed by the courts is in effect,}{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid14165469 double punishment."}{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10430900 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469\charrsid14165469 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1403936 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 8. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Both }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 appeals were dismissed. Shameem J }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 noted that the magistrate had not}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 been told of any disciplinary measures taken by the prison. That was}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 probably because such disciplinary action had not been instituted when} {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 the offenders were sentenced, just two days after their recapture. She}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 went on to say that it was likely that the Prisons Tribunal had taken}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 into account the six month terms imposed by the magistrates when the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12330758 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 disciplinary measures were later taken because loss of ten days}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 remission was extremely lenient.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14165469\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 9. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Subsequently, the petitioner was given leave to appeal to the Court of}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16285089 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Appeal on a point of law, namely whether he had been punished twice for}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16285089 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 the same offence. In that regard, counsel for the respondent very}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16285089 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 properly drew the Court's attention to}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16285089 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3235100\charrsid1403936 s28 (l) (}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 k) of the Fiji}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16285089 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Constitution. That section provides:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16285089\charrsid1403936 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16285089 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid16285089 "2}{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16285089\charrsid16285089 8}{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900\charrsid16285089 . -}{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16285089\charrsid16285089 }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid16285089 Every person charged with an offence has the right.... \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10430900 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16285089\charrsid16285089 \par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid10430900 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16285089\charrsid16285089 (k) }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid16285089 not to be tried again for an offence of which he or she has previously}{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid16285089 been convicted or acquitted.}{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16285089\charrsid16285089 \'94}{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid16285089 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10430900 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16285089\charrsid1403936 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1403936 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 10. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Counsel for the respondent submitted, however, that there was no}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16726307 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 question of double punishment in this case. That was because the offence}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16726307 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 of escaping from lawful custody was a criminal offence, while the loss}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16726307 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 of government property was a mere disciplinary matter. The elements of}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16726307 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 each were ent}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16726307 ir}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 ely separate and distinct.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16726307\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 11. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The Court of Appeal, in its reasons for judgment, observed that the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3219551 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 petitioner's appeal had been heard on the very day that judgement in a}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3219551 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 case raising similar issued had been delivered. In }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid3219551 Joeli Tawatatau v The}{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3219551\charrsid3219551 }{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid3219551 State}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Cr App No. AAU0}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15096461 0}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 2 of 2007, the appellant had been charged with}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15096461 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 escape from lawful custody, in breach of reg. 123(3) of the }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid15096461 Prisons}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15096461\charrsid15096461 }{ \b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid15096461 Regulations}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 . }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15096461 H}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 e was sentenced by the Prisons Tribunal to one month's}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15096461 loss of remission.}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Subsequently, however, he was charged in the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15096461 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Magistrates Court with the very same matter, namely escape from lawful}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15096461 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 custody.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 That charge was laid pursuant to}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15096461 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 s138 of the }{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid15096461 Penal Code}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 . He}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15096461 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 was convicted and sentenced in relation to that offence to six months'}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15096461 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 imprisonment.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15096461\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 12. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The Court of Appeal concluded in }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid788191 Tawatatau v The State}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 that the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 appellant had been subjected to double punishment, contrary to}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 s28 of}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 the }{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid788191 Penal Code}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 .}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The Court found that the elements of escaping from}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 lawful custody, whether charged as a disciplinary matter under reg 123}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 (}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 3}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 ) }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 of the }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid788191 Prisons Regulations}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 , or as a criminal offence under}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 s138 of the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid788191 Penal Code}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 were, for all practical purposes, identical.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 13. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The Court in }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid788191 Tawatatau v The State}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 went on to say that it would be}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 equally wrong to deal with an escape from lawful custody in the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Magistrates Court, and then follow up with disciplinary measures in}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 relation to that same offence by the Prisons Tribunal. Their Lordships'}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 comments were plainly concerned with the question whether a prisoner in}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 such circumstances was being punished twice for the same offence. There}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 may be a constitutional}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 question here for}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 s28(1)(k) provides that every person charged with an}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 offence has the right:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191\charrsid1403936 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid788191 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid13111122 "not to be tried again for an office for which he or she has been}{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191\charrsid13111122 }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid13111122 previously been convicted or acquitted"}{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid788191 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1403936 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid788191\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 14. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The Constitution in}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8472200 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 s28(3) draws a distinction, in the case of}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13111122 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 members of a disciplined Force, between punishment imposed on such}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11345550 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 members under the criminal law and under a disciplinary law affecting}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11345550 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 the Force. Whether such a distinction is relevant to the case of}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11345550 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 reduction of remissions for a prisoner who has committed a criminal}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11345550 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 offence which also constitutes a breach of the }{ \b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid11345550 Prisons Regulations}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 need}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11345550 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 not be decided here. That distinction had no bearing upon the situation}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11345550 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 which arose in the instant case because the alleged breach of the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11345550 }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid11345550 Prisons Regulations}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 was not the escape from lawful custody.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11345550\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 15. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The Court of Appeal then went on to deal with what their Lordships}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16152158 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 described as an "unsatisfactory aspect" of the present case. The matter}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16152158 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 had not been addressed in argument, but required attention.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16152158\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 16. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 As previously indicated, the petitioner had been dealt with before}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16152158 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 the Prisons Tribunal for an offence under reg 123(11). That regulation}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16152158 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 relevantly provides:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16152158\charrsid1403936 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid10430900 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid16152158 "123. Any prisoner who commits any of the following offences shall be}{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16152158\charrsid16152158 guilty of a prison offence fo}{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid16152158 r the purposes of section 82 of the Act:... \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1403936 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16152158\charrsid16152158 \par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid10430900 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid16152158 (11) omits or refuses to wear the clothing issued to him or exchanges,}{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid16152158 loses, discards, damages, alters or defaces any part of it;... " \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16152158 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16152158\charrsid1403936 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1403936 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 17. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Although this offence is plainly intended to deal with misuse or loss}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid25501 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 of}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid25501 "clothing" issued to prisoners,}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 the items actually alleged to have}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid25501 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 been lost in this case did not, as has been seen, meet that description.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid25501\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 18. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Their Lordships noted that the petitioner could have instituted}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid25501 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 review proceedings arising out of the Prisons Tribunal determination.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 No}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid25501 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 such application had been made.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 It may well have been that he was}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8472200 unaware that the disciplinary proceedings brought against}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid25501 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 him were ent}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid25501 ir}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 ely misconceived. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid25501 In any event, the Court of Appeal said that it would not countenance }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 what it described as }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid25501 \'93an obvious injustice\'94. It therefore \'93 quashed\'94 the Prisons Tribunal decision, and ordered reinstatement of the ten day remission period forfeited in respect of the petitioner and his co-appellant.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid25501\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 19. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The petitioner then sought further redress before this Court.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 He}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2382611 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 submitted that the Court of Appeal had erred in failing to direct that}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2382611 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 the term of six months' imprisonment be served wholly concurrently with}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2382611 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 the other sentences that he was then undergoing.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2382611\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 20. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 In support of that submission, the petitioner drew attention to the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2382611 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 observations of Shameem}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2382611 J }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 regarding the circumstances surrounding this}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2382611 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 offence. She accepted that this particular prison escape was not "the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2382611 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 most serious type of breakout" and that it involved little or no}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2382611 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 planning, and no damage to property.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2382611\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 21. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 It seems that the petitioner's point regarding concurrency for this}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2382611 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 offence was not raised before the Court of Appeal.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 It was certainly not}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2382611 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 considered by that Court.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 That of itself is not fatal to an application}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2382611 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 for special leave in this Court: see generally }{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid2382611 Solinakoroi v The State}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 ,}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651098 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Supreme Court}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651098 8 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 June 2006. Nonetheless, the failure to raise a point}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651098 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 below is plainly relevant when considering whether the requirements of}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651098 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3629814\charrsid1403936 s7 (}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 2) of the }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid16651098 Supreme Court Act}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 have been met}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651098 .}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651098 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 22. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 There is no basis for the adoption of any sentencing principle to the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3629814 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 effect that a sentence for escaping from lawful custody should}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3629814 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 ordinar}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3629814 ily be made concurrent with the }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 sentences already being served.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3629814 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 Quite the contrary. Such an approach would be misconceived, and wrong.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3629814 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 As Shameem}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3629814 J }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3629814\charrsid1403936 stated}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3629814 ,}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 when she dismissed the petitioner's appeal:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3629814\charrsid1403936 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid10430900 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid3629814 "... if sentences for escaping are to have any deterrent effect at all,}{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid3629814 they must be served consecutive to existing terms, so that the result is}{\b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 }{ \b\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid3629814 too lengthen the incarceration period. " \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1403936 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3629814\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 23. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 There was equally no error on the part of the magistrate in fixing a}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 sentence of six}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 months' imprisonment for this offence of escaping from lawful custody.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The petitioner pointed to other cases where lesser sentences had been} {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 imposed.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 That of itself does not demonstrate any injustice, or any}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 reason for this Court to intervene.}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451\charrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10430900 24. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 It was for these reasons that the application for special leave was}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451 refused.}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451\charrsid1403936 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8355451 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451\charrsid8355451 Hon Justice Robert French \par }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451\charrsid10430900 Judge of the}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid10430900 Supreme Court \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8355451 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451\charrsid8355451 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8355451 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451\charrsid8355451 Hon Justice Kenneth Handley \par }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid10430900 Judge of the Supreme Court \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8355451 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451\charrsid8355451 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8355451 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid8355451 Hon Justice Mark W}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451\charrsid8355451 einberg \par }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid10430900 Judge of the Supreme Court \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1403936 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8355451\charrsid1403936 \par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid8355451 Solicitors: \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1403936\charrsid1403936 The Petitioner in person \par Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Suva for the Respondent \par }}