260711ANOTHER JAILED
By Aloysius Laukai in Arawa
The National Court sitting in Arawa yesterday jailed David Opimate aged 60 of Ruesita village Wakunai to six years for sexually penetrating a girl under the age of 15.
MR. OPIMATE pleaded guilty to the charge and was jailed by Judge John Kawi yesterday in Arawa.
The court ordered that his K300 bail be refunded and also the time he spend in custody be taken off the six years.
In sentencing MR. OPIMATE, justice John Kawi said that although there was an agreement between the two to have sex their age difference was also one factor operating against him.
He said that the law under criminal code “Sexual offences and crimes against children act 2002 was broken when he had sex with the girl under the age of 15.
He said that at that time of the incident, MR. OPIMATE was also a chief who the villagers well respected.
And his actions were not good examples of a chief.
He will serve his sentence at the Bekut jail on Buka island.
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26 July 2011
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such kinds of sexual abuse of women, especially our Bougainvillean women is tomenting to the bones. Few women and girls will carry the scars of sexual abuse for life and even justice may not eradicate the wounds. ...........At least offenders are dealt with by the law
Posted by: Justin Borgia | 26 July 2011 at 02:23 PM