4 Mar 2011

Samoan boxer sentenced to ten months jail

11:19 am on 4 March 2011

One of Samoa's silver medalists at the Oceania Boxing Tournament five years ago has been sentenced to 10 months in jail after he was found guilty of abduction and indecent assault charges.

He has also been put on probation for 12 months after serving his jail sentence at the Olomanu Juvenile center.

The defendant was 14 years old at the time of the offence in 2008 and the female victim was five.