Australia, Aug. 2 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 2:
1. STERN JA: Between 9 and 14 March 2023, Lolo Liavaa, together with a number of other men, was an active participant in two joint criminal enterprises. The first involved an armed invasion, assaults and intimidation of the occupants and abduction of a 26 year old man, whom I will refer to as PV, from a home in Smithfield, Sydney (Smithfield house) in the early hours of 9 March 2023. The second involved the detention of PV at a house in Belmore, Sydney (Belmore house), for ransom, from around 6 am on 9 March 2023 until 5.15 pm on 14 March 2023 when PV was rescued by police. During this period of detention PV was kept in appalli...