12 years in jail for ‘violent’ man

Listen to this article:

Image: FILE

A 31-year-old man convicted of rape and sexual assault was labelled a “deceptive, violet person and a danger and threat to the community”.

High Court in Suva judge Justice Daniel Goundar said Wise Ezekiel Lagilevu had a total of 20 previous convictions since 2017.

He handed Lagilevu a 12-year sentence for raping and sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman in 2018.

On March 6, Lagilevu was sentenced to 11 years six months imprisonment with a non-parole period of nine years by the High Court in Lautoka after he had pleaded guilty to charges of assault with intent to commit rape and rape in another case which happened in 2017.

In this matter, Lagilevu had approached the victim in Suva under the pretence of assistance and taken her to a secluded spot where he threatened to kill her if she did not co-operate.

He then raped and sexually assaulted her.

He gave a false name when arrested and managed to escape when the officer had taken a break.

He was then later arrested on December 23, 2018.

“Another matter that the court must take into account is that the offender committed the offences in the present case while on bail in the Lautoka case,” Justice Goundar said.

Justice Goundar sentenced Lagilevu to 12 years imprisonment and made this sentence consecutive with the Lautoka case.

The final sentence to be served by Lagilevu is 16 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 12 years to be served.

Array
(
    [post_type] => post
    [post_status] => publish
    [orderby] => date
    [order] => DESC
    [update_post_term_cache] => 
    [update_post_meta_cache] => 
    [cache_results] => 
    [category__in] => 1
    [posts_per_page] => 4
    [offset] => 0
    [no_found_rows] => 1
    [date_query] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [after] => Array
                        (
                            [year] => 2023
                            [month] => 12
                            [day] => 28
                        )

                    [inclusive] => 1
                )

        )

)

No Posts found for specific category