The State v Lasi Mauwe and Maki Onopika
| Jurisdiction | Papua New Guinea |
| Judge | Kirriwom J |
| Judgment Date | 16 June 1999 |
| Court | National Court |
| Citation | (1999) N1886 |
| Year | 1999 |
| Judgement Number | N1886 |
National Court: Kirriwom J
Judgment Delivered: 16 June 1999
N1886
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
(In the National Court of Justice)
CR No. 933 of 1998
STATE
vs
LASI MAUWE &
MAKI ONOPIKA
GOROKA: KIRRIWOM J
1999: 17, 19 May & 3 & 16 June
Counsels:
Mrs C. Ashton-Lewis for the State
Mr G. Gendua for the Accused
SENTENCE
16 June 1999
KIRRIWOM J: I found you two guilty of armed robbery. You and other persons held up a Toyota Hi Ace bus on the slope past Bena Bridge on the night of 22nd May 1998, while armed with a home-made shot-gun and other offensive weapons and stole some money from the driver and a pair of stockman boots from the off-sider or the crew-man. You protested your innocence when you were asked to say something before I passed sentence on you.
You asked the Court to impose a short term of sentence on you because you were innocent of the charge. You expressed your concerns that your relatives were threatened and terrorised into paying compensation of cash and goods to the owner of the motor vehicle when you were innocent of the charge.
2.
I accept that there was a raid carried out on the morning of 23rd May 1998 at Katagu village by people from Avani village. You two were apprehended in that raid and handed over to the police for this trouble. But you must also bear in mind that the raid was not prompted solely by this alleged offence. It seems the raid was more likely prompted by the abduction and pack-rape of an Avani girl from Susi’s Club. This girl was rescued in that raid and neither of you denies knowing this girl in the course of the night before the raid at Susi’s Club. You Lasi Mauwe thought that the raid on the village was because of the girl that Maki Onopika brought to the village. So you both knew there was reason for the raid and you were to be blamed.
It is however a coincidence that the owner of...
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