Regina v Piasi [2015] SBHC 42; HCSI-CRC 379 of 2012 (24 April 2015)

HIGH COURT OF SOLOMON ISLANDS
(Mwanesalua, J)

Criminal Case No: 379 OF 2012

REGINA

–V-

TETKOU PIASI

Date of Sentence Hearing : 24th April 2015
Date of Sentence : 24th April 2015

SENTENCE

Mwanesalua J:

This Prisoner is TETKOU PIASI. He is convicted of one count of rape under Section 136 of the Penal Code. This offence is very serious but common in this country. It carries a sentence of life imprisonment.

The Prisoner is a first offender. He is married with children. The offence was committed almost three years ago. The sentence will affect himself and his immediate family members as well.

This kind of offence is very common in this country is to be discouraged by imposing sentences which would discourage would be offenders from committing it.

His counsel has indicated to the court that he had spent time in remand in relations to this offence. That time is taken into account in relations to this sentence.

In the view of this court, the appropriate length of sentence which fits the facts of this case, is six years imprisonment. The sentence is to begin from today, the 24th of April 2015.

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HONOURABLE JUSTICE FRANCIS MWANESALUA