Results for From the Courts

ord Tu'iha'ateiho will appear at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court on March 28 for a preliminary inquiry on a charge of unlawful possession of an automatic pistol without a licence.

Two prolific thieves were sentenced to five years and six years imprisonment for a string of housebreakings, and theft of goods worth over $20,000 from 15 different homes, in four towns across the Eastern district of Tongatapu.

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.

Tonga's Chief Justice Hon Michael Dishington Scott has ordered a warrant of arrest for Lord Lasike the Speaker of Parliament, after he defied the conditions of a court order and breached his bail when he travelled to the USA in November and has not returned to Tonga.

Polonga Tau'alupe (20), from Pahu, Kolofo'ou, was sentenced to three years suspended sentence and put on an all night curfew for six months and banned from driving for seven years, by Justice Robert Shuster at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa, on December 6.

The Speaker of Parliament Lord Lasike appeared before Justice Shuster in closed chambers today after he failed to turn up in open court this morning for arraignment.