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Fiji ex-PM avoids jail in sentencing hearing following guilty verdict

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Frank Bainimarama was found guilty earlier this month by the Fijian High Court of attempting to pervert the course of justice. The High Court, in handing down their verdict, overturned an earlier not guilty verdict delivered in 2023 by the Magistrates Court. However, the High Court did return the case to the lower court for sentencing. The Acting Director of Public Prosecutions John Rabuku filed an immediate appeal against the lenient sentence.

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Fiji ex-PM avoids jail in sentencing hearing following guilty verdict

Fiji’s former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama on Thursday was granted “absolute discharge” by the Magistrates Court, after previously being handed a guilty verdict by the country’s High Court for “perverting the course of justice.” The Magistrates Court cited Bainimarama’s poor health and an underlying heart condition as motivating factors for this lenient decision. Bainimarama, a former naval officer who served as the country’s longest-runnin…

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