Brenda Cangah

Brenda Cangah of Wara Kum, Hagen Central in the Western Highlands Province, was arrested on Oct 10 last year and charged with unlawful assault under section 6(3) of the Summary Offense Act.

Magistrate Laura Kuvi yesterday found Cangah, 33, (defendant) guilty of unlawfully assaulting Elisabeth David (complainant) after a trial was conducted.

Cangah will return to court next Thursday where submissions will be made on the appropriate sentence the court should impose on her. Her penalty sentence will be made known at a later date.

Magistrate Laura Kuvi on Wednesday told lawyer representing the woman (Brenda Cangah) who allegedly hit a flight attendant (Elisabeth David) using a bottle of Red Door perfume to make his submission in regards to the jurisdiction of the court because the matter has been adjourned for far too long.

 “The delay is that counsel should now make their submission in regards to jurisdiction and have this matter dealt with,” she said.

The defendant and her lawyer appeared before Magistrate Laura Kuvi on Tuesday for mention, where issues of the Summary Offense court’s jurisdiction were raised.

Police Prosecution indicated in court that one of the two charges that the woman was facing was beyond the jurisdiction of the Summary Offense court.

The woman, Brenda Cangah, was charged with unlawful assault, under section 63 of the Summary Offense Act.