Today, in handing down prison terms ranging from 11 years to six months on a group of seven 16/11 rioters, Chief Justice Anthony Ford said that everyone in Tonga would remember this day, "as a day of infamy and shame where there was no law and order and anarchy prevailed."
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Friday 15 February 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Wednesday 6 February 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A claim by Walter Trading Company Ltd., seeking $360,945 in damages against the Ports Authority was dismissed by Justice Warwick Andrew at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on Friday, February 1.
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Thursday 31 January 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Siosaia Lalakai (27), a soldier with the Tonga Defence Service Brass Band who was charged with the possession of 6.25 grams of marijuana was given a one-year suspended sentence by Justice Warwick Andrew at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this morning.
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Wednesday 30 January 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A couple from Ha‘akame who pleaded guilty to charges of obtaining a $3,000 pa‘anga loan from the Westpac Bank of Tonga by false pretences are awaiting sentencing by the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court.
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Tuesday 22 January 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 37-year-old man was acquitted in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Friday, January 18 of attempting to murder his wife with an illegally-possessed .22 rifle, but the jury found him guilty on other charges of causing her bodily harm.
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Tuesday 15 January 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The trial of Teisina Fuko, who is charged with sedition relating to the November 16 riots, has been adjourned by the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.
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Thursday 20 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Rugby Football Union TRFU was ordered for the second time by the Supreme Court to hold an Annual General Meeting, this time to be held tomorrow, Friday December 21.
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Wednesday 19 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Kupufonua Folau, the only member of the first 16/11 group of accused to be found guilty by a jury, received a suspended sentence of nine months imprisonment on Friday, December 15.
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Tuesday 18 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A dismissed telecommunications engineer was awarded a total of $150,846 in entitlements as well as a lifetime pension from the TCC, by Mr Justice Warwick Andrew at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Friday, December 15.
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Thursday 13 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan noble Veikune ceased to hold his title and his estates on January 25, 2006 when he was found guilty in the Supreme Court of having committed an indictable offence, a judge has ruled today.
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Wednesday 5 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A jury found a group of six 16/11 rioters guilty on 17 charges at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this morning.
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Monday 26 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The second group trial of seven defendants charged in relation to the destruction in Nuku'alofa during the November 16 riots entered its seventh day today as the examination of witnesses continues.
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Thursday 15 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The second group of accused who are charged with 16/11 related offences appeared at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Monday, November 12.
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Friday 2 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The trial of five People's Representatives who are charged with sedition been postponed for another nine months to August 2008.
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Wednesday 31 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will host the 17th Pacific Judiciary Conference at the new Fa'onelua Convention Centre on November 7-9, the first time the conference has been held here.
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Tuesday 30 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Jurors today acquitted six of the seven men charged with multiple offences relating to the riots of November 16, 2006, in the first group trial at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.
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Thursday 25 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The trial of the first group of seven men charged with 16/11 related offences is drawing to an end at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, with the Chief Justice to sum up the case tomorrow.
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Wednesday 10 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A group trial of seven men charged with 16/11 related offences started at the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court this morning.
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Monday 17 September 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A policeman who committed "a heinous and despicable act" was confident that if the victim filed a complaint against him his fellow workers would hide it, Tonga's Chief Justice said in sentencing a constable to seven years imprisonment for raping and assaulting a woman held in a cell.
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Friday 7 September 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Five People's Representatives who were charged with seven criminal charges relating to November 16, will now face only one charge of sedition each, Chief Justice Anthony Ford announced at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this morning.
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