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Kolani’s Ex-Wife Takes the Stand as a Witness for Defense

The former partner of Kolani Junior Lam took the stand today as a witness for defence in the murder trial relating to the death of Sa’u Justina Sa’u. The former UTOS CEO died tragically on Sunday 21st October 2018. Her husband and father of two of her children is on trial for her alleged murder. […]

Attorney General Leads the Prosecution of Husband Charged with Alleged Murder of UTOS CEO

Court Case Underway for Man Accused of Murdering his Wife

30 September 2019, Apia Samoa.  The court hearing of Kolani Lam is finally underway in the Supreme Court of Samoa after several delays due to pre-trial motions, some of which were heard before the recent sitting of the Court of Appeal. Lam is accused of the murder of his wife and former CEO of the […]

Attorney General Leads the Prosecution of Husband Charged with Alleged Murder of UTOS CEO

Kolani Lam Appeals Court Decision to Deny his Bail Application

14 June 2019, Apia Samoa. Kolani Junior Lam who faces murder charges in relation to the death of his wife and former UTOS CEO Sau Justina Sau has had a second application for bail denied by the Supreme Court. The decision was heard before Justice Vui Clarence Nelson following a bail hearing where defense counsel […]

Attorney General Leads the Prosecution of Husband Charged with Alleged Murder of UTOS CEO

Previous Alleged Assaults of former UTOS CEO by Kolani Lam Admissible as Background Evidence

27 March, 2019. Justice Tafaoimalo Leilani Tuala-Warren has ruled to allow as propensity evidence  previous alleged assaults of a deceased woman by her husband accused in a murder trial. Justice Tuala-Warren stated in her decision delivered earlier today that, “such evidence is admissible as relevant background evidence of the relationship between the accused and the […]

Attorney General Leads the Prosecution of Husband Charged with Alleged Murder of UTOS CEO

Attorney General Leads the Prosecution of Husband Charged with Alleged Murder of UTOS CEO

25 February, 2019 Samoa – Attorney General, Lemalu Hermann Retzlaff is the lead counsel for the trial of Kolani Junior Lam, the man behind the alleged murder of former CEO of UTOS, Sa’u Justina Sa’u. The matter was set for hearing this morning however, defense counsel Leiataualesa Komisi Koria re-filed an application before Justice Tafaoimalo […]

Kolani’s Ex-Wife Takes the Stand as a Witness for Defense