The already tight schedule of the Supreme Court of Samoa was further disrupted this week when Police and Prisons failed to transport defendants ordered to appear in Court, from Tanumalala and Olomanu prisons. Police Commissioner Su’a Fuiavailiili Egon Keil who says that it was a communication and systems issue “that is being dealt with immediately”; […]
Court Views Confronting Video Footage of Beating
Justice Leiataualesa Daryl Clarke handed down a nine year sentence for 29 year old Atapana Taliaoa of Vaitele after the Court viewed confronting security camera footage of the accused beating a night watchman with a piece of timber. On the 19th of January 2019, the victim had fallen asleep at around 5.45am after doing the […]
43 Year Old Man Jailed for Raping 10 Year Old Girl
16 September 2019 Apia Samoa. A 43 year old man was sentenced to 7 years and 9 months in the Supreme Court of Samoa last week for raping a 10 year old girl in March last year. Name suppression orders were issued for the young victim as well as the perpetrator in order to further […]
Faamalosi e se Tamā 43 Tausaga se Teineitiiti 10 Tausaga
16 September 2019 Mulinuu Apia Samoa. Sa moliaina se tamā e 43 ona tausaga i le falepuipui ina ua ia faamalosi ma faia ni uiga mataga i se teneitiiti e na o le 10 tausaga lona matua. Sa faasaina e le Faamasinoga ona faasalalau suafa uma o lē ua aafia faapea foi ma lē ua […]
