BY ROMINAH FAKA
Pastor Bernard Bane who took eight men to Savo early this year and demanded $10,000 from the complainant has been sentenced to eight months in prison.
Yesterday when delivering sentence, court ordered that the sentence be backdated taking into account his time spent in remand since February this year.
Court therefore used its discretion by order that Bane be released on the rising of the court.
Bane, 33, is the defendant and the complainant is Charles Bosamete.
Bane married the complainant’s sister and lived at Bonala village with his in-laws.
Before the alleged incident, tensions had built up over time due to differences between Bane and the complainants.
On February 22 this year Bane and his relatives went to Savo to solve the issues between him and the complainant.
They travelled and arrived at 7pm on Savo with shell money and a letter from Bane’s father claiming a $10,000 compensation from the complainant for swearing at Bane’s people.
Upon arrival at Savo they went directly to the complainant’s house. They approached the complainant’s house. One of the members punched the complainant but missed.
Seeing the group was aggressive complainants fled.
The group remained in Savo until February 25 where the Police Respond Team called and arrested Bane and eight others.
Donation Houa represent Bane and Iete Tebakota represent Crown.
