Australian, Ex- Taxi Driver Not Guilty Pleas
Australian national, Joseph Abourizk, and former Fijian taxi driver, Josese Muriwaqa, pleaded not guilty to drug-related charges at the High Court in Lautoka on Monday.
Abourizk and Muriwaqa were convicted and jailed by the High Court in Lautoka for one count of unlawful possession of 49.9 kilograms of cocaine near Vuda Point in Lautoka on July 13, 2015.
The duo was handed a sentence of 14 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 12 years on April 29, 2016. They appealed their conviction and sentence to the Fiji Court of Appeal, however, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) appealed against their sentences.
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