She was imprisoned for a very long time in November 2017.
The lady had engaged look for leave against her conviction and sentence.
In her allure she had expressed that the preliminary adjudicator had blundered in law and when he neglected to coordinate the assessors and himself on the rule of late protest as well as deferred announcing.
She had additionally said that the sentence forced on her was unforgiving and inordinate.
In his decision, Fiji Court of Appeal Judge, Justice Chandana Prematilaka says having considered the proof against the lady in general, one can’t state that the decision was absurd.
He says there was proof, when accepted, on which the decision could be based adding that in the conditions, he doesn’t perceive any reason for Appeals Court to meddle with the decision of the assessors and the preliminary appointed authority.
The Judge adds a definitive sentence of 13 years of detainment is well inside the duty relevant to adolescent assault of 10 to 16 years of detainment.
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