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A young man, standing trial for murder, admitted in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today that he shouted to the man he allegedly killed that he would beat him to death.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

A jury found a group of six 16/11 rioters guilty on 17 charges at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this morning.

The second group of accused who are charged with 16/11 related offences appeared at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Monday, November 12.

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.