20-year-old woman jailed 20 years for ‘crime of passion’ murder

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20-year-old woman jailed 20 years for ‘crime of passion’ murder

PORT MORESBY: A woman was jailed 20 years by the National Court in Manus for stabbing to death a woman who she suspected was having affair with her boyfriend.

Justice Vergil Narokobi described Bonny Papi’s actions as “an offence against reason”.

“Papi yielded to her passion when she could have just simply walked away from that relationship instead of choosing to take the life of another human being,” he added.

The court proceedings were published by The National:

20yrs for crime of passion

February 17, 2022The NationalMain Stories

By CHARLES MOI
A woman who stabbed another woman to death with a knife in Manus last year after suspecting her of having an affair with her boyfriend has been jailed for 20 years.
Manus National Court Justice Vergil Narokobi, in jailing Salome Bonny Papi, of Pulandran, Rambutso, yesterday, described Papi’s actions as “an offence against reason”.
“Papi yielded to her passion, when she could have simply walked away from that relationship instead of choosing to take the life of another human being,” he said.
“There are no children yet from this relationship. What makes her think that her boyfriend or partner is the only person that she can spend her life with and must kill another person to have him, is not only an offence against the law, but an offence against reason.
“She would do well to move on in her life and settle with a man who will appreciate her for who she is.
“But, she chose not to take that path.
“Many other young women also don’t take this path. They all fight on as if that man was the only man left in the world.
“A life has been lost. A future has been snatched away.
“Grief of the victim’s family will take a long time to heal.
“But, then you have the carnage unfaithful men (and women) left behind.
“They take for granted the emotional attachment of their partners and look for every opportunity to vent their lust.
“Both Papi and her boyfriend (who has moved on and is now married) have yielded to their passion – one is victor and the other is vanquished and the third is a victim.”
Papi pleaded guilty to murder after she killed Rachel Pahun Last June 18 in Lorengau town on Manus Island.
The court heard that between 12.30 to 1pm, Papi, who works as a shop attendant at a store, upon seeing Pahun, stabbed her three times with a butter knife – first on her left chest, on her left breast, then on her head and hand as the deceased tried to block Papi from attacking.
Papi told the court that she committed the offence because Pahun was having an affair with her boyfriend.
Justice Narokobi after considering evidence from the defence lawyer and the state prosecution, jailed Papi to 20 years with hard labour, saying the sentence would act as a deterrent.
“Considering the concerns raised by Papi about her safety in Lorengau, I recommend that she is transferred to the Correctional Services facility in Kavieng, as the closest Correctional Services facility to Manus to spend her term of imprisonment,” he said.

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