High Court Drops Ratu Inoke’s Case

The High Court in Suva has decided to drop a case filed by Naitasiri paramount chief Ratu Inoke Takiveikata.

The Legal Aid Commission had filed a Notice of Discontinuance on January 11 presiding to drop the miscellaneous actions filed against the Fiji Corrections Service and the Attorney-General of Fiji.

Ratu Inoke had applied for Habeas Corpus Ad Subjueciendum which sought legal actions against his unlawful confinement at the Nasinu Corrections Service after his full sentence was served.

Ratu Inoke alleged that according to his sentence of March 4, 2011, he was supposed to be released on March 4, 2019, however that did not happen.

Ratu Inoke Takiveikata. The Naitasiri chief and former politician is serving a life sentence for inciting the 2000 attempted mutiny at Queen Elizabeth Barracks. He was sentenced on March 4, 2011, and the High Court had fixed a non-parole period for eight years. Photo: FBC News

He was sentenced to a non-parole period of eight years and was to be released from prison after March 4, 2019, on a licence which subjected him to continuing his serving, should he breach his condition of release.

Ratu Inoke was also charged with conspiracy to murder and was found guilty in 2008.

He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the High Court in Suva.

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