The State v Peter Tokunai
| Jurisdiction | Papua New Guinea |
| Citation | (2015) N6039 |
| Date | 18 June 2015 |
| Court | National Court |
| Year | 2015 |
Full : CR (FC) 893 of 2013; The State v Peter Tokunai (2015) N6039
National Court: Salika, DCJ
Judgment Delivered: 18 June 2015
CRIMINAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE—what is an appropriate sentence in a misappropriation case—sentencing is a discretion of the Court—prisoner misappropriated K1.5 million.
Cases cited:
Papua New Guinea Cases
Belawa v The State (1988-89) PNGLR 496
State v Stanley Haru (2014) N5660
The State v Jimmy Kendi (2007) N3131
The State v Lawrence Pukali (2014) N5695
Uname Aumane v The State (1980) PNGLR 510
Overseas Cases
Makarian v R (2005) 228 CLR 357
1. SALIKA DCJ: Introduction: I convicted the prisoner on one count of dishonestly applying K1, 500,000.00 to his own use, property belonging to the State.
2. What happened in this case is that the prisoner sent in a project proposal for K1, 500,000.00 for the reconstruction of the Malaguna Catholic Church to the Department of National Planning and Monitoring for funding. The proposal is that the prisoner’s private company Islands Energy Limited would be the project Manager. Funding for the project was approved by the Department of National Planning and Monitoring and a cheque for K1, 500,000 was issued in favour of Islands Energy...
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