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MANU LEFATIA

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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the three inmates convicted of assaulting another inmate inside the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) in October of 2018 was sentenced by the High Court yesterday morning to serve 5 additional years. In delivering his decision, Chief Justice Michael Kruse...
Manu Lefatia
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Territorial Correctional Facility inmate convicted of escape from confinement and shooting a man in Leone in August 2018 was sentenced last week to 15 years behind bars. Manu Lefatia, who has a long criminal record, appeared before Chief Justice Michael Kruse last week...
 Mosese Lomu
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The six-member jury took almost two hours to deliberate last Friday before delivering their verdict in the trial of former TCF Watch Commander, Mosese Lomu. Out of the 2 criminal counts with which Lomu was charged, the jury found him guilty of criminal fraud, a class C...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Yesterday morning, due to a technical problem, Chief Justice Michael Kruse dismissed the jury, on day three, in the trial of former Police Watch Commander Mosese Lomu at 10:00 a.m. There were not other details forthcoming. The case will resume at 9a.m this morning for...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Government witnesses, over the last two days of the Mosese Lomu jury trial, have pointed to actions that were not routine as part of what happened on the night where inmate Manu Lefatia allegedly escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) and shot a man in...
Mosese Lomu
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Jury instructions and opening statements for the jury trial of a former Police Watch Commander at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) charged in connection with the shooting that occurred in Leone last year involving an inmate who allegedly escaped from...
Manu Lefatia
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A police officer accused of allowing an inmate to leave his cell so he can visit his sick son has been arrested and charged with permitting escape, a class D felony punishable by 5 years imprisonment, a $5,000 fine, or both. Saito Pesaeli made his initial appearance in...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The jury trial of an inmate accused of escape from confinement and allegedly shooting a man in Leone in the early morning hours of August 12, 2018 is continued until November of this year. Manu Lefatia’s trial was scheduled to kick-off yesterday morning. The defendant,...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The trial of a man charged in connection with a shooting in Leone on August 12, 2018 has been continued to Dec. 2, 2019 after Chief Justice Michael Kruse granted the government’s motion to continue to trial, initially set for Aug. 5, 2019. Manu Lefatia, who is in custody...
Manu Lefatia restrained and escorted by two police officers
NOT GUILTY: In an unanimous vote, jurors handed down a 'not guilty' verdict yesterday in the government's case against Manu Lefatia, who was alleged to have taken police on a high-speed chase in 2017.  Details in Tuesday’s Samoa News. [photo: AF]

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