Justice Panuel Mogish

Man speared to death over a pig

Allan Aiso was convicted by the Bomana National Court for the murder of George Evi on May 5, 2015 at Aipeana village, Kairuku district. He stabbed Evi on his left chest using a spear knife.

The court found that Aiso threw a spear knife at Evi (deceased) after he found him standing next to his dead pig in the garden.

All these took place in front of the deceased’s uncle, Paul Auki, whose statement was used as evidence by the state in prosecuting Aiso.

Officer gets 22 years for raping teen girls

Justice Panuel Mogish told the father of seven children, John Ware, when sentencing him to 22 years of hard labour in prison.

Ware worked as a community policeman and a security guard at the Treasury office at Kupiano station when he sexually assaulted two girls, one a minor then.

The victims were aged 17 and 14-years-old at the time of the offense.

The 39-year-old from Gavuone village, Central Province, pleaded guilty to the offense on Oct 11 and was sentenced last Friday by Justice Mogish.

Judge warns ‘men who assault women’

Domestic violence is a constitutional crime of violence and Section 36 of the constitution states in no uncertain terms that “No person shall be submitted to…treatment or punishment that is cruel or otherwise inhuman, or is inconsistent with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person”.

Criminal Court Judge, Justice Panuel Mogish, made these comments recently at the Bomana National Court sitting when sentencing a man to life in prison over the murder of his wife.

Police officer gets 20-year sentence for killing wife

Paul Wailapu of the Wosera-Gawi District in East Sepik Province was sentenced to 20 years in jail by the court today.

Justice Panuel Mogish, in sentencing Wailapu, told him in court that his actions have brought a lifetime of grief to his own children by killing their mother.

He said it is a pity that his family will suffer, especially when they had nothing to do with the offense he committed.

Man asks court to dismiss murder case

Appearing from the CS custody in Bomana, Russell Simoi Yahena, through his lawyer from the Public Solicitors office, made a submission in court that he has no case to answer to.

The no-case submission comes after the state closed its case of witnesses. It is now Yahena’s turn to present his case before the court however, he submitted through his lawyer that he has no case to answer to.

Justice Panuel Mogish will give his ruling on that submission today.

Wobiro bail application hearing today

The three, represented by their lawyers, Greg Egan and Justin Wohuinangu, appeared before Justice Panuel Mogish this morning where the bail application was moved before a packed courtroom.

The issue of jurisdiction was brought up by the court when Justice Mogish asked Egan, what jurisdiction or powers he had to hear a bail application after conviction. 

The application was filed on Aug 1 under section 10 of the bail act, asking the court for bail after conviction and before sentencing.

Central Province leads the way in bench warrant execution

This has been attributed to community involvement, says criminal judge Justice Panuel Mogish.

“There is too much talk and not enough action. Central Province is leading the way in executing bench warrants.”

He said while the country’s focus was on its problems and at Waigani over the past four weeks, there are positive developments in Central province, especially with the courts. 

Community involvement has made the province lead the way in the execution of bench warrants, compared to other provinces, including the National Capital District.

Law enforcement authorities must be law abiding

He called on all personnel in the law and justice sector to abide by the law and respect it to be respected in return.

“I want to remind you all police personnel, soldiers and wardens that the uniform you wear, it is not yours. It belongs to the 7 million people of Papua New Guinea,” he told officers in a parade before the start of a court user’s forum.

“Everyone contributes to that uniform you wear, it is public property. A lot of times, we hear news of policemen doing the wrong things, we don’t need that.

Grade 12 students experience practical side of courtroom

They were part of the public that attended the court user forum that was conducted by Criminal Judge, Justice Panuel Mogish today in Bereina.

Legal studies teacher, Ms Lisa Api, told Loop PNG her students’ attendance today was to experience the practical side of what goes on in a courtroom.

Located three hours out of Port Moresby, she said this is the first time a class from Mainohana, in particular legal studies students, get to see what goes on in the National Court.

Court to review bench warrants

Justice Panuel Mogish who presides over the Criminal Division will be holding a callover to identify and confirm the overdue bench warrants that were issued by the Waigani National Court since 1989.

He will also be holding a call over to identify and confirm outstanding bench warrants that were issued at the National Court in Kwikila, Central Province since 1999.