In court

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THREE men who were found guilty of manslaughter relating to the death of a man, whose cadaver was found floating at sea in Usu'usue, North East Malaita were sent to jail last...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A Bangladesh national facing sexual offence charges on a child under 15 years of age will appear again in court for mention. The Bangladeshi is alleged of raping an 11-year-old girl at the...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA HIGH Court judge Justice Maelyn Bird has sentenced a man for two years but released him at the rising of the court due to substantial delay in the prosecution of the case. This...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA HIGH Court judge Justice Maelyn Bird has released a man accused of murder, Jimmy Junior Lusibaea on bail with strict conditions. The prosecution had earlier charged Lusibaea with one count of murder contrary...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A man found guilty for assaulting his wife with a knife will be jailed for three years and six months. High Court Judge Justice Maelyn Bird made the sentence at the High Court...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PRINCIPAL Magistrate Augustine Aulanga has reiterated taking another person’s property without consent is a crime and it will always have punitive consequences. He made the statements when sentencing a 17-year-old at the Honiara...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE alleged victim in a rape case has told court that she did not report the matter to anyone because she was ashamed and sad at what her biological father (accused) had...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE committal hearing into the case of a man who was charged by police regarding the death of a 28-year-old boy at a village in Rennell will be made today before Principal...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE hearing of evidence into the case of a father accused of raping his daughter at a school in Isabel is continuing at the High Court. The trial started yesterday with the prosecution...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA CLOSING submissions into the case of a man accused of stealing foreign currencies from his employer will be made today before Deputy Chief Magistrate Ricky Iomea. He entered a not guilty plea and...