Miss PNG killer appeals against 15-year jail sentence

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                            Former Miss PNG Ruby-Anne Laufa who was murdered in 2017.

Miss PNG killer appeals against 15-year jail sentence

PORT MORESBY: Justice David Cannings has given more time to the Supreme Court Registry to prepare a review book for the case of a man convicted of killing his partner and former Miss PNG Ruby-Anne Laufa in 2017.

]He made the order in Waigani on Tuesday (Oct 18, 2022) when lawyer Justina Bibilo, from the Office of the Public Solicitor, said Richard Namaliu had returned for compliance check to progress his appeal against the National Court decision that jailed hin 15 years for manslaughter.

The court proceedings were reported by The National:

Namaliu’s appeal set for Nov 7

October 20, 2022The NationalMain Stories

JUSTICE David Cannings has given more time to the Supreme Court registry to prepare a review book for the case of a man convicted of killing his partner and former Miss PNG Ruby-Anne Laufa in 2017.
He made the order in Waigani on Oct 18 when lawyer Justina Bibilo, from the Office of the Public Solicitor, said Richard Namaliu had returned for compliance check to progress his appeal against the National Court decision that jailed him15 years for manslaughter.
Justice Cannings noted that leave had been granted for Namaliu to appeal his sentence but there was delay in preparing the review book due the head of Supreme Court registry being away on compassionate leave.
He added that the court would give some time for the registry to prepare the review book but this should not delay the hearing to be scheduled in next month’s sitting.
Justice Cannings ordered that the Supreme Court registry comply with court’s orders by Nov 3 and fix Nov 7 for the matter to return for compliance check and for arrangements to be made for hearing of Namaliu’s appeal.
Namaliu, of Vunapope village in Kokopo, East New Britain, was convicted of manslaughter for causing Laufa’s death by punching her and forcing her to jump out of the car he was driving on Feb 11, 2017.
He was sentenced to 15 years by the National Court in Sept 2020.
Namaliu had previously appealed his conviction which was dismissed last July when the court held that all grounds of the appeal had failed.
He is now appealing his sentence of 15 years.
Lawyer Friedrich Kirriwom from the Public Solicitor’s Office, who had represented Namaliu when he came to court in August, said outside court that Namaliu was appealing the excessiveness of his jail term.
He added that there were other similar cases where people who had directly caused the death of another person were given a jail term of 10 years or less.
Kirriwom said Namaliu’s was indirect, but he got a higher jail term.

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