The Vailu’utai man, who took a video of his girlfriend and him engaged in a sex act at a hotel, has pleaded guilty to voyeurism in the District Court.
Tautua Pualilo, 27, had previously pleaded not guilty to the charge.
However, when he appeared in the District Court before Her Honour Judge Mata Tuatagaloa for a hearing into the matter, he changed his plea to guilty.
He did not have a lawyer appear on his behalf during the proceedings.
The video clip showed Pualilo and a former girlfriend at a hotel in Apia between 1st to 31st July 2013.
During the proceedings, it was revealed that the girl was unaware the video was being filmed.
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“That is not the action of a Samoan man especially when compared to the relationship of respect expected between a male and his sisters,” Her Honour Judget Tuatagaloa said. She told him to consider his actions. And that if he had sisters he would not be happy if other males behaved in this way towards them.
“If people are brought up well in their Samoan families this would not happen. This is an indication that there is no sacred covenant between you and your sisters.”
She then ordered prosecution to provide a Victim Impact Report and also a probationary report. The matter was then adjourned to 16 April for sentencing.
The Court had previously heard that a copy of the video was shared among an unknown number of people using Bluetooth wireless between mobile phones.
Following Pualilo’s hearing another case related to this incident was also heard before Judge Tuatagaloa.
This is the hearing into a not guilty plea from Kalolo Tuala, also known as Uili Kalolo, for distributing this video clip featuring Pualilo and a former girlfriend.
Prosecution Sergeant Kenneth Komiti made an application to withdraw the charge against the defendant for the reason – he did not distribute the video clip.
This was questioned by Her Honour Judge Tuatagaloa. This prompted the sergeant to inform the Judge that he was only before the Court for suspicion.
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