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Elliott for the Respondent \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1905453 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13461917\charrsid12671784 \par Date of}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453\charrsid12671784 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13461917\charrsid12671784 Judgment:\tab Wednesday 23rd July 2008, Suva \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13461917\charrsid12671784 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13461917\charrsid1905453 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13461917\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 [1}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 ]\tab On 19 November 2004 the petitioner was charged in the magistrate}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 s}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 court at Nadi with offences of abduction}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 ,}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 wrongful confinement and rape of his wife}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 .}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 They}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 had been separated for a long time.}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 He appeared for himself}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 ,}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 elected trial in the magistrates court}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 ,}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 and pleaded guilty to all charges.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 The offences }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 which }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 occurred on 27 October }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 2004 were }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 the subject of prompt complaint to relatives and the police.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 The petitioner }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 made repeated admissions }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 noted }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 in the record of the magistrates court. }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 [2]\tab }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 The magistrate sentenced }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 him }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 to 2 years imprisonment on the first and second counts and }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 6}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 years on the count for }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 rape to be served consecutively making a total of 10 years. He}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 appealed against his}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 sentence to the High Court}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 and was again self represented, and}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 did not seek leave to withdraw his pleas of guilty}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 .}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 [3]\tab }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 On 8 April 2005 Govind J allowed }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 appeal and re-sentenced the petitioner to a}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 total of 9 years imprisonment}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 .}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 On 14 February 2006 the petitioner }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 sought leave to }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 appeal to the Court of Appeal out of time }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 from h}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 is sentence}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 , a}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 lthough some of his grounds appeared to challenge his conviction. Ward}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 P,}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 granted him leave}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 to appeal limited to 2 grounds, the}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 sentence imposed }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 on}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 the }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11811850\charrsid1905453 conviction for wrongful}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 confinement and whether the rape of }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 a }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 wife by her husband is an offence known to the law in Fiji. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7621134\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql 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}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 [5]\tab D}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 espite having received extensive submissions on }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 the appeal against conviction }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 prepared by counsel for the Legal Aid office and the Director of Public Prosecutions the petitioner confine}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 d}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 his appeal }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 to the Court of Appeal from }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 his conviction for rape to the question of his wife\rquote s actual consent to sexual intercourse.} {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 Since he had pleaded guilty and his plea was unequivocal his appeal against conviction was dismissed. }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 [6]\tab }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 His appeal against sentence was allowed and he was re-sentenced t}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 o}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 terms of impri}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 sonment totalling 7 years there}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 by achieving}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 a}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 further}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 reduction}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 of}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 2 years}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9198285\charrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 in }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 total period he would spend in custody.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 The petitioner now seeks leave to appeal to this Court from his conviction and sentence. The petition does not raise any question of general legal importance or principle an d there is no basis for finding that a substantial }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 or }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 grave injustice has occurred. }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 [7]\tab }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 In view of the petitioner\rquote s pleas of guilty in the magistrate court and the High Court and the approach he adopted in the Court of Appeal }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 in}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 his appeal against the conviction for rape on the ground that h}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 is wife gave her actual consent to}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 sexual intercourse this is not an appropriate case in which to }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 consider}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 whether or not the law of Fiji permits a husband to force sexual intercourse on his wife without her consent. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 [8]\tab }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 The petitioner has also raised questions about }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 Mr Shah, }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 the magistrate who heard the cases against him and imposed the initial }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 sentences.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 H}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 e has}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11355341\charrsid1905453 also }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 raised question}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 s}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 about the findings of Connors }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 J }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 in his inquiry into }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 the}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 M}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 agistrates }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 C}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 ourt.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 [9]\tab This C}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 ourt cannot investigate the petitioner\rquote s claims about the record in the magistrates court at Nadi raised here for the first time nearly 4 years after the event.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 T}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 he allegations are irrelevant in view of}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 his pleas of guilty in the }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 M}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 agistrate}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 s}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 C}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 ourt }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 the }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 maintenance of those pleas in the High Court}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 ,}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 and his challenge }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 to his}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 conviction }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8591382\charrsid1905453 for rape in the Court of Appeal.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 Accordingly the petition case}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 is dismissed.}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1905453 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid1905453 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid12671784 Hon Justice Keith Mason \par Judge of the Supreme Court \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid12671784 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid12671784 Hon Justice Kenneth Handley \par Judge of the Supreme Court \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid12671784 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid12671784 Hon. Justice Ronald Sackville \par Judge of the Supreme Court \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12671784 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid12671784 \par Solicitors: \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid292071\charrsid12671784 Petitioner in Person \par Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Suva for the Respondent \par }}