Acting Chief Justice Gives Greenlight In Vuda Drug Re-trial
They appealed against their conviction and sentence to the Fiji Court of Appeal while the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) appealed against their sentences.
Friday 12 May 2023 | 12:38
Josese Muriwaqa and Joseph Abourizk outside the Supreme Court in Suva. Photos: Ashna Kumar
The Acting Chief Justice has ordered the re-trial to go ahead as scheduled in the case of Australian national Joseph Aborizk and Fijian taxi driver Josese Muriwaqa.
Abourizk and Muriwaqa were convicted and jailed by the High Court in Lautoka on one count of unlawful possession of 49.9 kilograms of cocaine near Vuda Point on July 13, 2015.
The High Court had handed 14 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 12 years.
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They appealed against their conviction and sentence to the Fiji Court of Appeal while the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) appealed against their sentences.
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