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Assessors find grandfather guilty

January 25, 2018 1:10 am

Three high court assessors have found a 65-year old man guilty of two counts of sexual assault and one count of rape.

It is alleged that the accused raped and indecently assaulted his granddaughter.

The alleged incident occurred between January 2012 and December 2014 in Nasinu.

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The court heard the victim was seven-years-old at the time of the incident and was staying with her grandparents while her parents lived in Lautoka.

Suva High court Judge Justice Vincent Perera will deliver his verdict tomorrow.

The accused has been remanded in custody.