Judge Charles Cato convicted Sione ‘Otutoa, 24, also known as Sione ‘Uli, on 26 January 2017 after ‘Otutoa offered to take the 19-year-old girl to her home during a “drink up” with other friends in Kolofo’ou on 27 February, 2013.
‘Otutoa made the offer after the victim asked another person at the party to take her home.
But instead of driving her home ‘Otutoa took the victim to a place which was described in the judicial document as “a dark area” and at one stage he “forced her to the ground.”
