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12-years jail for rapist uncle

By Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong 05 December 2022, 10:00PM

Efforts by the Parliament to increase the penalty for sexual offences, in order to combat the rising tide of sexual violence targeting young children, has not caused a drop in the number of cases before the courts, said the court as punishment was handed down to a 20-year-old man for raping an 11-year-old girl. 

By Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong 05 December 2022, 10:00PM
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