Public Prosecutor v Joe [2011] VUSC 83; CRC 10 of 2010 (28 May 2011)

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
(Criminal Jurisdiction)

Criminal Case No. 10 of 2011

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

VS.

LYNN JOE

Mr Justice Oliver A. Saksak
Mrs Anita Vinabit – Clerk

Mr Parkinson Wirrick for Public Prosecutor
Ms Jane Tari for Defendant

ORAL VERDICT

Pursuant to Section 8 of the Penal Code Act Cap 135, the prosecution has not discharged its legal and evidential burden of proof to establish that the defendant Lynn Joe committed the act he is charged with under Section 98 A of the Act.

The Court therefore hereby returns a verdict of Not-Guilty against the defendant and orders that –

(1) He be acquitted of the charge; and

(2) He be released from custody forthwith.

DATED at Luganville this 28th day of May 2011.

BY THE COURT

OLIVER A. SAKSAK
Judge