From the Courts

One of the four male suspects, charged in relation to the armed hold up at the Asco Petrol Station on Fatafehi Road on January 6, has been charged with six counts, including attempted murder and causing grevious bodily harm.

Vatulele Tuputupu (40) from Niutoua, pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter by negligence while driving under the influence of alcohol causing the death of ‘Ana Toki (47) a passenger, in a car accident at Lapaha on August 1, 2011.

LORD Lasike, the Speaker of the Tonga Parliament was apprehended by police after his arrival at Fua’amotu International Airport today January 19.

Justice Robert Shuster convicted a 48-year-old father from Ha’ateiho on charges of incest and indecent assault on the offender’s two daughters in 2008 in Tongatapu.

Sione Talia’uli (31) of Popua was sentenced on May 21 to life imprisonment for the murder of his four-year-old-son Tutei Talia’uli whom he repeatedly assaulted at Popua, in September last year.