Tonga's first Court of Appeal Session for 2014, to hear 15 appeals began at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court today, 31 March.
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Monday 31 March 2014
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Friday 28 March 2014
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Patelesio Mafi (66) has been remanded in custody for a month, awaiting to be sentenced after he was convicted of attacking his nephew (39) with a machete at the family Ha’amoko Bakery in 2011.

Thursday 27 March 2014
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A husband who was convicted of manslaughter after stabbing his wife more then 20 times is among 15 appeal cases to be heard in Tonga's Court of Appeal 2014 Session next Monday, 31 March.

Tuesday 25 March 2014
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A 66-year-old man is on trial in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court charged with attacking his nephew (39) with a machete, while trying to settle a dispute over an unpaid bill at the family bakery at Ma'ufanga on 15 February 2011.

Monday 24 March 2014
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A Tupou College student has been charged with attempted murder, in relation to a violent attack of a home at Tofoa last year, 2013.

Thursday 20 March 2014
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Tonga’s Court of Appeal 2014 Session is set to be held from March 31 to April 11 in Nuku’alofa. Tonga's former Chief Justice Sir Gordon Ward will return as a new judge to join the Court of Appeal.

Thursday 20 March 2014
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The trial of five policemen charged with manslaughter in relation to death of New Zealand police officer Kali Fungavaka is now set to be held on April 8 to May 9, 2014.

Thursday 20 March 2014
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Four former Westpac Bank of Tonga tellers will be sentenced on April 4 after three were found guilty this week of embezzling over $70,000 pa'anga on separate occasions. Another accused teller had earlier pleaded guilty to similar counts.

Thursday 20 March 2014
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Two men accused of housebreaking after they entered a woman’s home posing as police officers were found guilty on March 19, and will be sentenced on April 17, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.

Tuesday 18 March 2014
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Two men allegedly entered an elderly woman’s home at Pahu posing as police officers and told her they were searching for cannabis, the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court was told yesterday.

Monday 17 March 2014
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A former senior Tongan Immigration officer and a woman co-accused were jailed today in relation to the attempted forgery of two Tongan blank passports by a Supreme Court judge who said that corrupt scams goes the heart and impugn the integrity and security of Tonga’s passport regime and machinery of border control - which has the potential to bring Tonga into disrepute in the eyes of foreign countries.

Friday 14 March 2014
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Two policemen charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of ‘Inoke Pepa (20) in 2012 will appear on April 1, at the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court.

Thursday 27 February 2014
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A couple who have been charged with manslaughter by negligence over the death of their six-month-old baby boy earlier this month were released on bail on February 24. The baby is alleged to have been sick for three-days and died at home from dehydration before the parents took him to Vaiola Hospital.

Tuesday 18 February 2014
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The trial of six men with manslaughter charges relating to the death of the New Zealand Police Officer, Kali Fungavaka will be heard in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court from March to May this year.

Tuesday 18 February 2014
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Nakita Tu’itavake (51) of Kolomotu’a, who was charged earlier this month with possession of cannabis and ammunition, has been released on bail until March 10.

Wednesday 12 February 2014
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‘Ata'ata Finau (61) the driver charged with reckless driving in relation to the death of a 62-year-old man in Hoi last week was released on bail on February 12.

Thursday 6 February 2014
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A Magistrate in Nuku’alofa is expected to decide on February 18 whether there is a case for committal to the Supreme Court against two Chinese nationals charged in relation to the forgery of Tongan passports. Police reported that the woman accused had tried to leave Tonga allegedly on a forged Tongan passport after they both entered on Chinese passports on October 11, 2013.

Tuesday 4 February 2014
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Twenty-four Tupou College students and two adults have been charged with serious criminal offences, including attempted murder, attempted arson, grievous bodily harm, and bodily harm, in relation to a violent attack at a home in Tofoa last year. 123 others were sentenced on February 3, after pleading guilty to lesser charges.

Friday 31 January 2014
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A direction on the Tongan Supreme Court on how to process a civil case that was brought by the former Attorney General, John Cauchi against the Kingdom of Tonga is expected to be announced today, Friday, January 31. The trial by jury was halted in November because the failure of all concerned to sufficiently prepare for the trial had left the court and the jury in an "impossible position," the Chief Justice has stated.

Monday 27 January 2014
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Heleni Vi, a former Westpac Bank of Tonga employee, who has been charged with 16 counts including theft of more than $8,000 pa’anga was released on bail today after appearing at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate’s Court.
