IN THE KIRIBATI COURT OF APPEAL  ]  Criminal Appeal No. 4 of 2018
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION		   ]HELD AT BETIO				   ]REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI			   ]

BETWEEN	URIANO ARAWAIA			APPELLANT			
AND	THE REPUBLIC			          RESPONDENT

Before:	Blanchard JA		
Handley JA 
Heath JA
Counsel:		Kiata Kabure for appellant
Eveata Maata for respondent
			
Date of Hearing:		15 August 2019
Date of Judgment:	15 August 2019	

ORDER OF THE COURT

The appeal against conviction and sentence having been abandoned it is hereby dismissed.

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Blanchard JA

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Handley JA 

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Heath JA