Results for From the Courts

A 10-year jail sentence for manslaughter imposed on Nakita Folau Tu'itavake (41) was reduced to half by Tonga's Court of Appeal today.

A Preliminary Inquiry of former Shoreline computer manager, Piveni Piukala, has been set to begin on October 12 after he appeared in the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court on July 11, 2005.

Piveni Piukala, who was arrested in Tonga on Monday afternoon, June 27, and detained for questioning on charges of illegally retrieving information from the computer system of his former employer, the Shoreline Group of Companies, was released on bail after mid-day today, June 29.

Si‘i Kae Ola Motor Parts, Tonga's biggest second-hand car sales company faced a civil action brought against them by a former customer who claimed he bought from them a poor quality car.

Lance Corporal Tevita Vi (37) of the Ha'apai police force was found guilty of manslaughter by Chief Justice Robin Webster at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on June 10.

Satini Tomu Napa‘a (15) was found not guilty on charges of manslaughter and of inflicting a grievous bodily harm, by a jury at the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court this morning, June 2.

A two-day hearing of a civil case against a Tongan Police Officer Semi Ve'ehala, the Ministry of Police, and the Kingdom of Tonga ended today, May 27 at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.

A telephone fraud operation was discovered in Nuku‘alofa in February 2004 after it had been running illegal international communications for two years, allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of pa‘anga worth of calls from both TCC and Tonfon's systems.

The trial of the Speaker of the House, Hon. Veikune, and two other men, who have pleaded not guilty to bribery charges, has been postponed by Mr Justice Ian Thomas until next year 2006.