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Court Adjourns Charters’ Case

Posted by Media Team 22 May 2026

The case of Charlie Charters in the Suva Magistrates Court has been adjourned to next month.

Mr Charters is charged by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) with 2 counts of Aiding and Abetting.

The matter was called today before Resident Magistrate Shageeth Somaratne for an update on Mr Charters’ application for a Permanent Stay of Criminal Proceedings in the Suva High Court for the charges brought against him.

Defence counsel, Mr Seforan Fatiaki informed the court that the stay application is now before the High Court.

He requested for an adjournment of the current matter in the Magistrates Court until the end of the stay application proceedings.

In response, FICAC Counsel Mr Rusiate Doidoi confirmed that the stay application is now before the High Court.

Mr Doidoi said that the prosecution has additional disclosures that it wants to serve to the defence for the substantive matter.

He sought 14 days to file the proposed agreed facts and documents and thereafter, the two parties can proceed with the Pre-Trial Conference stage.

RM Somaratne adjourned the matter to 30 June 2026 for mention to check on Pre-Trial Conference and the filing of the additional disclosures.

The Resident Magistrate said the next court date will also be to check if Mr Charters has returned to the country after he was granted permission by the court to temporarily reside in Hong Kong while awaiting the determination of the charges brought against him.