BY ROMINAH FAKA
High Court has adjourned the bail application hearing for defendant Zayn Taisia Gegeu to August 11, 2025.
Bail application was scheduled for Friday, July 11, 2025, however, it was adjourned following an issue that arose in a separate matter involving the same defendant at the Magistrate Court.
Defendant, Gegeu had been convicted of assault causing bodily harm and sentenced to 17 months’ imprisonment, with the sentence backdated to account for the time already spent in custody.
Prosecution also objected to defence’s bail application and defence needed time to finalise its bail applications considering the defendant’s sentence at Magistrate Court as well.
Prosecution charged Zayn Taisia Gegeu with one count of murder and one count of driving without valid licence.
Prosecution alleged between 3am to 5am on January 1, 2024, he drove a vehicle through Supreme Casino’s second boom gate at the Eastern side and then made a quick turn heading back in the westerly direction at a very high speed.
Prosecutor further alleged that the defendant drove straight towards a group of girls, including the deceased.
When the group of girls saw the vehicle moving towards them, they jumped out of the way but unfortunately it hit the deceased.
After Taisia hit the victim, he reversed the vehicle and escaped out of the Supreme Casino area.
The deceased was transported to the National Referral Hospital (NRH) where she was later pronounced dead.
The accused was arrested and charged with one count of murder and one count of driving without a valid licence.
John Wesley Zoze from Public Prosecution Office act for the Crown and Chris Rarumae act for Zane Taisia Gegeu.
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