{"id":301596,"date":"2021-02-26T17:17:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T15:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=301596"},"modified":"2021-02-26T17:17:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T15:17:49","slug":"another-loss-for-esau-and-fitty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=301596","title":{"rendered":"Another loss for Esau and &#8220;Fitty&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eba Kandovazu<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>TWO High Court Judges dismissed a bail appeal by former Fisheries Minister Bernard Esau and his son-in-law Tamson &#8216;Fitty&#8217; Hatuikulipi, saying that a strong case has been proven against the duo.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Judge Marlene Tomasi, who heard the appeal together with Judges Herman January both concluded that Magistrate Duard Kesslau who denied Esau and Hatuikulipi bail did not misdirect himself when he did so.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Another-loss-for-Esau-and-Fitty.jpg\" alt=\"Esau Fitty High Court Judges dismissed bail appeal former Fisheries Minister Bernard son-in-law Tamson Hatuikulipi\" class=\"wp-image-301597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Another-loss-for-Esau-and-Fitty.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Another-loss-for-Esau-and-Fitty.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Another-loss-for-Esau-and-Fitty.jpg 400w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Another-loss-for-Esau-and-Fitty.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><figcaption>APPEAL DISMISSED: Former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau and his son-in-law, Tamson \u2018Fitty\u2019 Hatuikulipi in the High Court. &#8211; Photo by Eba Kandovazu<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The dismissal of the appeal by the two justices is also according to them because it would not be in the interest of justice to grant the two bail, nor would it be in the interest of the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although Magistrate Kesslau found that the duo posed no risk of absconding, they face serious offenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today, the two judges said they would not be considering the point raised by Magistrate Kesslau, that Esau and Fitty pose no risk of absconding.<br \/>&#8220;This does not mean that the court on the facts agree or disagree with it,&#8221; Judge Tomasi ruled.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":301597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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