Makapaeo machete attacker loses appeal, 7.5-year sentence upheld

Makapaeo machete attacker loses appeal, 7.5-year sentence upheld

Hausia Vaka’s appeal against his conviction and seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal, upholding his punishment for a brutal machete attack on the victim. The incident occurred on 22 November 2021, when ‘Atieli Tulikihau discovered his pineapple plants destroyed at his allotment, allegedly trampled and hacked with a bladed instrument. […] The post Makapaeo machete attacker loses appeal, 7.5-year sentence…