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Fiji high chief Ratu Inoke Takiveikata and seven others have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from seven years for Takiveikata to three years for the others for plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama and two other senior government figures in 2007.
High Court judge Justice Paul Madigan handed down sentencing before a packed court room in Suva a short while ago.
Takiveikata and former Pacific Connex employee Sivaniolo Naulago were both jailed for seven years while former Fiji Intelligence Services director Metuisela Mua was jailed for three and a half years.
Former Counter Revolutionary Warfare soldier Barbado Mills was jailed for six years and six months while CRW fellowman Feoko Gadekibau was given a prison term of five and half years.
Other former CRW men Eparama Waqatakirewa and Pauliasi Namulo were jailed for three years each while fifth CRW figure Kaminieli Vosavere was jailed for four years.
Justice Madigan walked into a packed court room, filled with different nationalities.
Members of the media were allowed in first.
The defendants, found guilty earlier this week by a five-member team of assessors, looked relaxed as they awaited the judge’s decision.
They faced a maximum prison term of 14 years for the offence.
