A three-man Supreme Court bench today will hear submissions on an appeal filed by a former law student from the University of Papua New Guinea, who was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Tande Joseph and Peter Martin were studying law when they were involved in a drunken brawl with another student, which resulted in his death.
They were convicted by the Waigani National Court on April 15, 2015, and sentenced on August 21, 2015.
They were convicted for the manslaughter of Obediah Igish, a third year anthropology student.
Igish died as a result of the injuries sustained from the brawl at the University’s bus stop towards the end of the second semester of 2012.
Tande filed an appeal against his conviction and sentence in the Supreme Court. The appeal will be heard today by Deputy Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika, Justices Stephen Kassman and Robert Lindsay.