A man has been jailed for assaulting a former Supreme Court judge in Tongatapu, reports say.
Poni ‘Ahohako, 26, assaulted Lord Dalgety of Sikotilani during an attempted armed robbery at the judge’s home in Ha’ateiiho last year.
Reports said ‘Ahohako was sentenced to a four-year imprisonment term. The details of the sentence and whether there was a suspension was unclear.
As Kaniva News reported last year, Lord Dalgety was rushed to Vaiola hospital after the encounter with ‘Ahohako. The king’s noble received minor injuries and nothing was stolen from his house.
The Scottish KC and former Conservative politician was charged with perjury over evidence he gave to a Tongan Royal Commission into the 2009 sinking of the MV Princess Ashika ferry, which claimed the lives of 74 people.
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Lord Dalgety was secretary of the firm which operated the government-owned ferry. An official report into the disaster described him as an “evasive” character who “clearly lacks integrity and honesty”, and who was “unfit to hold such an important position”.
However, the Tongan life peer was cleared in 2012 after the court case against him was thrown out due to insufficient evidence.
