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Gov Parkop’s daughter-in-law to stand trial for deprivation of liberty, threatening and assault

PORT MORESBY: National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop’s daughter-in-law Quinnie Mick has been committed to stand trial in the National Court for charges of deprivation of liberty, threatening and assault.

Magistrate Paul Ni, in a committal court in Waigani yesterday (June 20, 2022), ruled that there was sufficient evidence against Quinnie, 24.

File pic of Quinnie with hubby outside the court

Details of the court proceedings were reported by The National:

Quinnie to stand trial

June 21, 2022The NationalMain Stories

QUINNIE Mick has been committed to stand trial in the National Court for charges of deprivation of liberty, threatening and assault.
Magistrate Paul Puri Nii, in a committal court in Waigani yesterday, ruled that there was sufficient evidence against Quinnie, 24, from Ambum’s Kupin Kem village in Enga, to be tried on the charges.
Quinnie is National Capital District (NCD) Governor Powes Parkop’s daughter-in-law.
“Evidence shows (Stacey Lydia Sirimai)’s freedom to act and talk without fear or favour and her clear conscience were restricted,” he said.
“She was restricted by the atmosphere of confinement by Quinnie and her relatives allegedly created that time.”
“It also shows that (Stacey) was taken away in a car and questioned several times to reveal whether she was having an affair with Quinnie’s husband, Sengol Parkop.
“Thus, she was imprisoned in a small world and deprived.”
Police alleged that Quinnie suspected Stacey was having an affair with Sengol.
Sengol was a candidate for Moresby North-West by-election last year and Stacey was his campaign manager.
It was alleged that between 9am and 11pm last Nov 30, Quinnie used Sengol’s phone pretending to be him and texted Stacey to meet up with him at Shangri-La Motel in Waigani.
Stacey did so and was allegedly assaulted by Quinnie and her relatives and taken around the city in a vehicle until the police rescued her.
Nii said there was evidence of threats as Stacey in her statement said she was threatened to reveal whether she was having the alleged affair.
“There is sufficient evidence to conclude that Quinnie assaulted Stacey, causing her grievous bodily harm because the medical report supported the injuries,” he said.
However, in assessing the evidence, Nii found insufficient evidence against Quinnie’s armed robbery charge.
“Quinnie said her mobile phone and K660 were lost when she was assaulted,” he said.
“This means that the properties were not taken by Quinnie using a dangerous weapon but were lost in the heat of the assault.”
Nii said there was also no evidence to show that Quinnie was armed with a dangerous weapon.
He said that Quinnie had not stolen Stacey’s mobile phone and money but that the properties were lost in the commotion.
The matter returns on June 27 in the National Court for trial.

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