Christopher Taufa (38) was jailed for causing grievous bodily harm when he used a branch or a piece of timber to attack his neighbour during a drink-up in 2022. The attack was extreme. Justice Cooper sentenced him to 30-months' imprisonment, with the last six months suspended on conditions on 26 March, at the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa.
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Wednesday 27 March 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 31 January 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three brothers who were accused of serious bodily harm when they allegedly attacked another man during a fight at Hofoa in 2017 were found not guilty, at the Supreme Court on January 30.
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Friday 23 March 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Police have charged two teenage boys aged 16 and 17 with assaulting and robbing a 61-year-old Chinese woman in Lapaha on Sunday night 18 March. The woman, Rui Yun Chen, remains in hospital and is in stable condition.
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Tuesday 31 January 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 26-year-old man was arrested and detained in custody after he allegedly attacked his 60-year-old father with a machete on Saturday night, January 28. The father who was severely injured remains in a critical condition at Vaiola Hospital.
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Friday 18 November 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 21 year-old man from Pahu has been arrested and charged by Tonga Police following a brutal assault on a 58-year old woman at Pahu early Thursday morning, November 17.
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Wednesday 7 September 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Hemaloto Makafilia (23) and Sailosi Lau’i (21) who were arrested and charged for the brutal attack of a 56-year-old American woman, the United States Peace Corps Director in Nuku’alofa in July, were denied bail by the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court on Monday, 5 September.
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Friday 26 August 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two Tongan men aged 23 and 21 have been arrested and charged in relation to the brutal attack of a 56-year-old American woman, now confirmed by Police as the United States Peace Corps Director in Nuku’alofa. The attack occurred while she was jogging on the Sopu waterfront on Saturday morning, 16 July.
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Tuesday 19 July 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A United States Peace Corps staffer (56) has left Tonga today with her husband after she sustained injuries and bruises to her face in a brutal attack, while jogging on the Sopu waterfront on Saturday morning, 16 July at about 9:30a.m. Tonga Police are searching for a man who attacked the woman from behind, in a secluded area. It is likely that the attacker had blood on his clothing when he left the scene.
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Monday 18 July 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police are searching for a man who allegedly attacked and repeatedly punched a 56-year-old woman of U.S. citizenship, while she was jogging at the waterfront in Sopu on Saturday morning, 16 July.
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Wednesday 25 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 20-year-old man from Sopu has been charged in relation to an alleged attack on a 21-year-old New Zealand woman on Saturday afternoon, 21 May at the ‘Atenisi Institute compound in Kolomotu’a.
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Monday 1 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 36-year-old Chinese man is in Vaiola Hospital with multiple injuries after he was violently beaten up by four persons also of Chinese origin during an alleged housebreaking at his home in Pili, Tongatapu on 19 January.
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Tuesday 3 September 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A hooded man who attacked a woman while she was walking to church early Sunday morning, in Nuku’alofa, is sought by the Tonga Police, who issued an advisory today for women and school students to walk in groups for their safety.
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