{"id":12233,"date":"2025-01-07T09:32:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=12233"},"modified":"2025-01-07T09:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:32:59","slug":"man-faces-fijian-court-over-alleged-rape-and-sexual-assault-of-virgin-airlines-crew-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=12233","title":{"rendered":"Man faces Fijian court over alleged rape and sexual assault of Virgin Airlines crew member"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 24-year-old Fijian man has faced a magistrates court in Nadi, Fiji, over the alleged rape and sexual assault of a Virgin Australia crew member in the south Pacific nation.<\/p>\n

Ilaisa Tanoa Degei is accused of raping the 21-year-old Melbourne woman, who was in Fiji over New Year’s Eve as a crew member of a Virgin Australia flight during a layover.<\/p>\n

Degei was denied bail during his appearance in court on Monday afternoon. He will appear in the High Court in Lautoka on 20 January.<\/p>\n

If convicted, the farmer could serve up to 20 years in jail.<\/p>\n

He was charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of digital rape.<\/p>\n

According to police documents, the alleged victim was returning from a bar on Martintar, a popular entertainment district in Nadi, when police will allege that Degei offered her a ride in his unregistered taxi.<\/p>\n

He is alleged to have taken her to the entrance of her hotel and assaulted her there.<\/p>\n

Police officers reportedly apprehended the suspect on the same night and, after two days of investigations,\u00a0Degei was charged<\/a>. He has been in custody since Friday night.<\/p>\n

In a separate incident, a male member of the same flight crew was robbed and sustained injuries after returning from the same club.<\/p>\n

Police investigations into that incident continue.<\/p>\n

Source: ABC & RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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