Miss PNG Ruby-Anne Laufa’s killer applies for review of 15-year sentence

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Miss PNG Ruby-Anne Laufa’s killer applies for review of 15-year sentence

PORT MORESBY: The Supreme Court has directed lawyers involved in the Miss PNG Ruby-Anne Laufa murder case in 2017 to include certain documents in the review book.

Justice David Cannings gave the direction in Waigani yesterday (Nov 7, 2022) when he noted that the pre-sentence report and other written submissions on the sentence for Richard Namaliu were not included.

The court proceedings were reported by The National:

Court directs Namaliu’s lawyer to include documents in review book

November 8, 2022The NationalNational

By CLARISSA MOI
THE Supreme Court has directed lawyers involved in the case of a man convicted of killing his partner and former Miss PNG Ruby-Anne Laufa in 2017 to include certain documents in the review book.
Justice David Cannings gave this direction at Waigani yesterday when he noted that the pre-sentence report and other written submissions on the sentence for Richard Namaliu were not included.
Namaliu’s lawyer Justina Bibilo from the Public Solicitor’s office told the court that the matter had returned for a compliance check.
Justice Cannings said according to the court records, leave had been granted to Namaliu to review his 15-year sentence for manslaughter.
He added that the application for a review was filed on Aug 8.
However, he pointed out that the pre-sentence report and any other written submissions on sentence were not included in the review book.
Justice Cannings said if the parties were prepared to go ahead with the appeal without those documents, then the court would set a date for a hearing.
Bibilo, however, said she would locate the documents because they were important for her client’s appeal.
The matter returns on Nov 14 for a pre-hearing conference.

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