Results for From the Courts

The jury trial of Noble Tangipa who has been charged with the causing of grievous bodily harm by stabbing a young man with a knife in 2008 continued at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on May 28.

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.

The first death certificates issued for victims of the Ashika ferry sinking were issued for the late Fetaulaki Mahe (25) and his three-year-old son Filimone Monti Mahe by Chief Justice Hon Anthony Ford on May 14.

A Customs Officer from Halaleva, Tevita Pati Kata (42) was today found guilty of the importation and possession of the illicit drug methamphetamine, worth an estimated NZD$10-17 million, seized in a large drug bust last September by the Tonga Police.

A 42-year-old Customs Officer from Halaleva, Tevita Pati Kata, has pleaded not guilty to the importation and possession of the illicit drug methamphetamine, worth an estimated NZD$10-17 million, following a large drug bust last September by Tonga Police.

Two seasoned Tongan soldiers who had served in international peacekeeping missions in Iraq and the Solomon Islands pleaded guilty to housebreaking and common assault in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on April 27.

A disabled Tongan prince, who told the court that he fears for his life after being hit with the stand of an electric fan, has been granted a restraining order against his wife.

The Managing Director of Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd John Jonesse who is charged with forgery is set to appear for his Preliminary Inquiry in the Magistrate's Court on April 23, the Police Prosecutor Mema Latu confirmed yesterday.

Jurors today found Alani Vaomotou of Vaotu‘u guilty of manslaughter by negligence in drunken driving that killed his passenger in 2007 at Halaliku.