NEW ZEALAND
Fiji Village
By Swastika Singh
Thursday 20/08/2015
A 42-year-old pastor of a Fijian fellowship church in Hutt Valley has denied all allegations against him when giving evidence in his defence in Wellington District Court.
Stuff.co.nz reports that Jone Conikeli, pastor of the Wellington chapter of Kingdom Ambassador International Fellowship church gave evidence in his defence against sexual assault and indecency charges involving girls who were 15 and 11 at the time of the incident.
The Crown has alleged that he touched the two girls, and tried to have sex with the older one.
He knew both through family and friends.
Conikeli told the jury that he never went to the older girl’s house when the parents were away as the Crown has alleged.
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