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Knox v Warpokpok [1998] VUSC 43; Criminal Case No 061 of 1997 (24 August 1998)

LONG SUPRIM KOT BLONG

VANUATU ISTAP LONG

LUGANVILLE/SANTO

(CIVIL KOMPENSESEN KLEM)

LONG MATA BLONG CRIMINAL CASE NO.61 BLONG 1997

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BETWEEN:n>

JOHN KNOX

(Plaintiff)

AND:

REX KET WARPOKPOK

(Defendant)

Coram: Jasliver Saksak

<1"> DECISEN

Plentif, John Knox hemi klem compenslong mani ikasem vt500,000 from 2 fala finga blong hem we R we Rex Ket Warpokpok ibin katem long knife. Hemi klem tu vt50,000 olsem kost blong transport.

Medical report blong Dr Lansak blong No.4 August, 1997 hemi soemaot se No. 4 finga ino save filim. No. 5 finga hemi muv sloslo.

Long lukluk blong mi hemi luk olsem bambae hemi tekem long taemblong finga isave kam oraetoraet.

Klem blong Kompensesen hemi raet blong Plentif. Problem nomo se hamas nao kot isave al. Defendant hemi stap stap long Kalabus. Hemi no wok. Bambae olsem wanem nao hemi save pem vt500,000 sapos kot i allowem?

Kompensesen long mane hemi wan foreign idea. Long taem bifo ol pupu blong yumi oli pem kopensesen be oli pem folem ol wei blong yumi yet. Ol wei we hemi easi blong man imekem mo blong mekem se igat pis oltaem. Kompensesen long mani hemi gut bat sapos wan man igat mani bambae hemi gudfala tumas. Long kes ia hemi no olsem. Kot hemi agri se Rex hemi sut pem kompensesen long John Knox from blad blong hem bat long saed blong mane hemi hard tumas long Rex mo famli blong hem.

Kot hemi save se jif hemi putum wan mani finis we tufala isut pem long tufala. John Knox blong pem vt20,000 long Rex mo Rex blong pem 10,000 long John. John hemi pem vt10,000 finis. Rex ino pem wan mani yet. Blong fasin blong yumi bambae oli sekhan taem oli mekem fasin ia. Bat long kes ia ino hapen olsem yet. Long lukluk blong mi hemi olsem we dispite ia hemi stap oltaem wetem tufala yangfala ia. Hemi taem blong raorao ia mo faet imas stap. Hemi no gud tumas blong luk ol yangfala ilusum respek blong olgeta papa mo jif blong olgeta. Wanen Jif iputum hemi blong stretem fas problem. Kot ia iwantem luk se tufala ia John mo Rex imas fulfilim orda ia blong jif.

Long namba tu problem hemi bigwan et. Kil hemi bigwan mekem se kes hemi kam long Kot ia. Be o Be olsem mi tok fastaem Kot ia bambae iwantem luk se trabol ia yufala istretem long wei blong yumi olman ples ino long wei blong waet man. Waet man itok mani - black man itok pig, buluk, mat, kava faol mo kakae.

Kot ia iwantem luk pis hemi tek ples between tufala family ia tedei folem fasin blong yet.

Folem olgeta toktok ia mi disaed mo mekem oda olsem ia-

(1) ;&nbssp; Rex Keex Ket Warpokpok hemi mas mas pem 5 pig mo 3 mat mo givim long John Knox wetem cash vt10,000 from fas problem. Hemia bambae Rex imekem afta we hemi kamaot long Kalabus.

(2) & p; Jsp; John Knhn Knox hemi mas givimgivim 1 pig mo 1 faol wetem vt10,000 blong stretem fas problem wetem Rex.

(3) &nbbsp;&&nbspbaeambae Rex iRex ipemaot cost blong transpransport blong John Knox we hemi vt50,000 afta we hemi kamaot long Ks.

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Luganville long dei ia 24 August, 1998.

BY THE COURT

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Judge of the Supreme Court


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