The State v Benson Likius (2004) N2518
| Jurisdiction | Papua New Guinea |
| Citation | (2004) N2518 |
| Date | 08 March 2004 |
| Court | National Court |
| Year | 2004 |
Full Title: The State v Benson Likius (2004) N2518
National Court: Lenalia J
Judgment Delivered: 8 March 2004
1 Criminal Law—Misappropriation—Plea—Matters for consideration—Sentence—Criminal Code (Ch262) s383A(2)(b).
2 Wellington Belawa v The State [1988–89] PNGLR 496, The State v Paroa Kaia (1995) N1401, Brian Kindi Lawi v The State [1987] PNGLR 183, The State v Napilye Kuri [1994] PNGLR 371 referred to
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Lenalia J: The prisoner pleaded guilty to one count of misappropriating a sum of K68,679.06 the property of the Lihir Management Company an offence against s383A(2)(b) of the Criminal Code.
The prisoner, Benson Likius (Benson for convenience) was employed by the Lihir Management Company in the New Ireland Province as a Payroll personnel. His employment history dates back to 1990 with the company and it started in Rabaul before the twin volcanic eruptions in 1994. The State say that between 25 February 1998 and 15 November, 2000, Benson devised a scheme to commit the offence he is charged with. An ex–employee of that company Harry Toruore was terminated by the company administration on 2 October 1997. Quite orderly, that ex–employee's name was deleted from the company payroll.
However, Benson being a company payroll officer himself set his hands on the records and re–activated Harry's name into the company payroll. After reactivation of Harry's name...
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