Two youths, Halaholo Vete and Pita Latu, were found guilty by Mr Justice McElrea in the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court this morning, on a charge of assault with the intention to rob.
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Thursday 19 August 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 13 August 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Heneli Saafi 21, was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury of seven at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today, August 13.
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Tuesday 10 August 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 21 year old man who thought he was helping a young couple to meet in secret, is now facing manslaughter charges in the Tongan Supreme Court this week, after the couple died in a fatal motor accident in January 2003.
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Thursday 15 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A former Tongan police officer was cleared of charges that he interfered with the course of justice and of bribery connected to marijuana case evidence.
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Friday 9 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Mr Justice Ford at the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court, July 7 reserved his decision on whether a civil defamation should be heard by a jury or by a judge.
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Wednesday 23 June 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Privy Council of Tonga has appointed Justice Robin M. Webster, currently a part - time Employment Tribunal Chairman, Edinburgh, as the new Chief Justice of Tonga replacing Justice Gordon Ward who has accepted a post with the Court of Appeal of Fiji.
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Friday 18 June 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two prisoners who suffered abuse in Tonga's Hu'atolitoli Prison had escaped under duress a Judge has declared, after accepting unchallenged evidence that the two had been tortured by the Prison authorities.
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Thursday 10 June 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 26-year-old Tongan prisoner was sentenced to a further four years imprisonment by Mr Justice Ford at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on June 10.
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Wednesday 9 June 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three youths aged between 18-21 years were arrested by the police on June 5 and charged with armed robbery of two gas stations and of stealing a car on the night of JUNE 1.
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Wednesday 9 June 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Mr Justice Ford on June 8 dismissed charges of theft and house breaking after prosecution witnesses failed to appear in court for the trial.
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Wednesday 2 June 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Masked men armed with rifles seized over $3,000 pa'anga last night in two armed hold-ups of gas stations on Tongatapu.
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Wednesday 19 May 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Judicial Review, challenging government over the amendment of Clause 7 of the Tongan Constitution in November 2003 will be heard by Chief Justice Gordon Ward at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on June 17-18.
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Monday 10 May 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Newspaper activist 'Alani Taione pleaded not guilty to charges relating to the importation of an unlicenced newspaper the Taimi 'o Tonga, and will face trial by jury on a date to be set.
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Thursday 22 April 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Chief Justice Frederick Gordon Ward has offered his early resignation and will leave Tonga at the end of June, to take up a new position as the Chairman of the Appeal Court of Fiji.
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Wednesday 21 April 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tongan family who stole fine mats from a princess were sentenced in the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court on April 16.
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Friday 16 April 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two former school prefects received six months jail sentences, while 161 other school boys received suspended sentences and fines for their part in a night attack on a rival school, Tonga College, in 2002 that caused over $490,000 damage to property.
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Wednesday 7 April 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A six-year-old girl was rescued by passers-by after a man forced her into the public toilets at Talamahu Market on April 4, in broad daylight in the busiest part of the Tongan capital.
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Wednesday 31 March 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan Minister of Police, and Acting Prime Minister, Hon. Clive Edwards, vehemently denied any involvement in a squash growing deal that went bad, during claims for damages heard in the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court during the last week of March.
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Wednesday 31 March 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan Member of Parliament, 'Etuate Lavulavu, was convicted of two counts of illegal use of a birth certificate in the State of Utah District Court, USA, this month.
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Wednesday 24 March 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Media activist, 'Alani Taione appeared in the Nuku'alofa Police Magistrate's Court this morning on the charge of distributing the newspaper Taimi 'o Tonga without a distributing license, when he arrived at the Fua'amotu airport from New Zealand on February 16.
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