The State v Maria Er [1998] PNGLR 26
| Jurisdiction | Papua New Guinea |
| Citation | [1998] PNGLR 26 |
| Date | 31 July 1998 |
| Court | National Court |
| Year | 1998 |
Full Title: The State v Maria Er [1998] PNGLR 26
National Court: Injia J
Judgment Delivered: 31 July 1998
1 Criminal Law—Murder—Sentence—Killing in a domestic setting—Range of sentences for murder and manslaughter killings in a domestic context discussed.
2 The State v Laura (No 2) [1988–89] PNGLR 98, Rex Lialu v The State [1990] PNGLR 487, The State v Lucy Moro (1995) N1328, The State v Margret John N1342, Antap Yala v The State (1996) SCR 69 of 1996, The State v Bepi Molo Komaip (1997) N1557, The State v Jack Mek (1997) N1575 referred to
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Injia J: The accused pleaded guilty to murdering Miss Rosa Kopun on 19/04/98 at Kiam Village, Aviamp, Contrary to s300(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. The offence carries a maximum of life imprisonment.
The accused is the only lawful wife of her husband from whom she has carried 4 children, the youngest of whom is with her at the CIS. She killed the deceased by stabbing her once on the right side of her neck from which injury she died the same day some hours later. At the time she stabbed the deceased, the accused wanted to giver her "some pain" because the deceased was seeing the accused's husband. The deceased saw her husband and the deceased together on Thursday. After this, she was beaten up by her husband. On Sunday, she met the deceased at a village basketball game and asked her to be compensated by the deceased for the harm done to her by her husband. The deceased refused and spat on the accused. This made the accused angry and she stabbed the deceased.
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