The General Court Martial has given time until Friday for both lawyers in the case of Staff Sergeant Iowane Naivalurua Tulele to complete their mitigation submissions.
This comes after Defence Lawyer Filimoni Vosarogo asked for more time to get instructions from the witnesses in this case.
Vosarogo told the General Court martial that this will also give time to the prosecutions to provide the court with Tulele’s Service Report which was suppose to be produced in court today.
He also told the court that he is not in a position to complete the mitigation submission because of the Service Report not been provided by the prosecution lawyer.
Meanwhile, Prosecution lawyer Aisea Paka assured the court martial that defense will have the Service Report by end of tomorrow.
Staff Sergeant Iowane Naivalurua Tulele has been charged with 32 counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception
Tulele has pleaded not guilty to his charges before the General Court Martial.
The alleged incidents happened between the 8th of October 2015 to the 11th of February 2016 at Berkley Crescent.
The amount involved is close to $40,000.
The case will be called again this Friday at 10.30am.
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