The State v John Akoko (2001) N2061
| Jurisdiction | Papua New Guinea |
| Citation | (2001) N2061 |
| Date | 03 March 2000 |
| Court | National Court |
| Year | 2001 |
Full Title: The State v John Akoko (2001) N2061
National Court: Injia J
Judgment Delivered: 3 March 2000
1 Criminal Law—Sentence—Stealing—By policeman—Part of money recovered by police from major airport robbery—Need for strong punitive and deterrent sentence to restore public confidence in Police Force.
2 Wellington Belawa v The State (1988–89] PNGLR 496 and The State v Rudolp Rimbma Clay (Unnumbered and unreported judgment of Injia J) referred to
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Injia J: The accused is a former policeman. He was a member of the Police Task Force in Lae. The offence to which he pleaded guilty was committed in the course of performing his official duties as a member of the Police Task Force. He pleaded guilty to stealing the sum of K7,000 being part of the sum of K180,000 recovered by the Police Task Force from robbers who stole a total of K254,000 belonging to the Westpac Bank in a daring daylight robbery carried out at Nadzab Airport on 4 May 1999 which resulted in the fatal shooting by the robbers of a security guard employed by Securimax. The police Task Force contingent headed by the accused was called in to pursue the robbers. In the course of a fierce gun battle which ensued between the robbers and the Police Task Force behind the hills of Yalu village, the sum of K180,000 was, and to use the words of the accused, "spilled over" by the robbers which the police recovered. Upon seeing the money, the accused fell "tempted" by the occasion and kept for himself K7,000.00. The accused was arrested at Goroka with K5,528.40 in his...
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