Justice after 18 years as elderly man jailed for rape

2026-01-25 - 22:32

The Suva High Court has jailed an 84-year-old man for rape, delivering justice 18 years after the offence was committed. The court heard that the man raped a young girl in 2008 when he was 66 years old. The victim regarded him as her grandfather. In sentencing, the High Court rejected the defence’s argument that