Public Prosecutor v Somon

Court Supreme Court

Case type Criminal

Case number 404 of 2019

Hearing date 18 Nov 2019

Decision date 02 Nov 2021

Judge(s) Chief Justice Vincent Lunabek

Defendant(s) Sekdah Somon; Buxoo Nabilah Bibi; Anowar Hossain; Palas Hosan

Counsel Mr Josaiah Naigulevu and Mr Paul Sarai for the Public Prosecutor; Mr Brian Livo and Mrs Kylie Bakeo Karu for Anowar Hossain and Palas Hosan; Mr Sekdah Somon and Ms Nabilah Bibi stopped their representations by Counsel and were self- represented in the second part of November 2019 during the cross-examination of the prosecution first witness to the end of the trial; Interpreters: Mr MD Fahim Hossen of Bangladesh nationality (Bangla to English and English to Bangla); Ms Jennifer Nicholls (English to Bislama and Bislama to English)

Other parties Public Prosecutor

* Please note, the registry is unable to publish a copy of the Verdict at this time due to its file size. However, soft copies of the decision can be obtained at the Supreme Court Registry in Port Vila. Please bring to the Port Vila Supreme Court registry a brand new flash drive still in its package and we shall provide you with an electronic copy of the decision free of charge, the verdict is also accessible in the link provided below:

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