Trio Who Allegedly Robbed, Assaulted Driver Remanded
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Wednesday 20 October 2021 | 11:18
From left: Anare Molilevu, Simione Waqaicere and the juvenile (whose image has been blacked out because he is a minor), outside the Navua Magistrates Court on October 19, 2021.
Two men and a juvenile who are alleged to have robbed and assaulted a taxi driver leaving him to bleed on the roadside have been remanded by the Magistrates Court in Navua.
Simione Waqaicere, 30, Anare Molilevu, 20, and a 17-year-old juvenile from Lepanoni Settlement in Navua appeared before Magistrate Thushara Thennankoon yesterday.
The alleged incident took place at Waikalou in Pacific Harbour last Friday.
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The three were alleged to have taken more than $100 cash, a watch, and a mobile phone and drove off in the taxi from Waikalou to Mokosoi in Pacific Harbour.
They allegedly abandoned the cab after crashing into a roadside post at around 6.30pm damaging the front tyre.
The complainant in the matter is a 56-year-old taxi driver, Suraj Nath.
All three were charged with one count of aggravated robbery and theft of a motor vehicle.
Waqaicere is also charged with one count of breach of a suspended sentence.
The bail hearing for the 17-year old juvenile will be called today while Waqaicere and Molilevu have been remanded in Police custody and will have their bail hearing called on October 22.
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