JUDGE DISMISSES APPEAL OF MAN CONVICTED OF ASSAULT

HIGH COURT JUDGE JUSTICE RIYAZ HAMZA HAS DISMISSED THE APPEAL OF RAMAN PRASAD WHO WAS CONVICTED OF UNLAWFUL AND INDECENT ASSAULT. THE APPELLANT HAD APPEALED HIS CONVICTION AND SENTENCING OF FIVE YEARS AND SIX MONTHS IMPRISONMENT, WHICH WAS IMPOSED BY THE MAGISTRATES COURT IN NAUSORI IN 2015.

Justice Hamza said: “I am of the opinion that the grounds of appeal against the sentence are also without merit.”

He was convicted and sentenced of one count of unlawful and indecent assault. - Ilaijia Ravuwai