Vaki case dismissed by court

The Waigani Committal Court has dismissed a case against former Police Commissioner Geoffrey Vaki after finding insufficient evidence against him.

He was in court, charged with conspiring to defeat the course of justice. This is the second case against the former police commissioner on the same charges. They both revolve around the same allegations.

The case was dismissed by Magistrate Cosmas Bidar after he found that the police prosecution team had been relying on the same set of evidence that was presented in court back in 2014.

The Committal Court found that evidence was insufficient to commit Vaki to stand trial at the National Court.

On Nov 2014, the same court dismissed the first conspiracy case against Vaki.

He was alleged to have conspired with the Attorney General Ano Pala to defeat the course of justice on June 17, 2014, by preventing the arrest of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill on allegations of official corruption and misappropriation of public funds.

The case that was dismissed by the District court in Nov 2014 was however, elected through an ex-officio indictment by the Public Prosecutor to go for trial in the National Court. This trial is still ongoing in the National Court. 

Author: 
Sally Pokiton