Convicted Morupisi shockingly turns down mitigation

Former PSP Morupisi and wife Pinny
Former PSP Morupisi and wife Pinny

According to the dictionary, the legal terminology of mitigation is defined as “the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something”. This is a right accorded to all convicted persons, but it came as a shock this morning in court when a convicted Carter Morupisi opted not to mitigate.

His lawyer, Busang Manewe had advised as the shocking development unfolded after Justice Chris Gabanagae, the High Court's presiding judge, found the once powerful man guilty on all three counts.

In a three-hour-long judgement reading, the judge further exonerated Morupisi’s wife, Pinny Morupisi on account that the judge feels there is no evidence to point out that she knew what her husband was up to. The judge found that Morupisi was acting on his own when he purchased the vehicle under her company’s name.

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