SI: MP CONVICTED OF COMMON ASSAULT

SI: MP CONVICTED OF COMMON ASSAULT

Posted by : Posted on : 15-May-2019

Solomons MP found guilty of assault

Quoting the Solomon Star newspaper – 15 May 2019

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Guadalcanal Peter Shanel Agovaka has been convicted of a lesser offence, in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court, Tuesday.

Principal Magistrate Fatima Taeburi convicted Agovaka of a common assault charge and acquitted him of the assault causing actual bodily harm charge.

The offence of common assault carries the maximum penalty of one year imprisonment.

After Agovaka’s conviction yesterday, the matter was further adjourned to tomorrow for sentencing submissions and mitigation.

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