Three men face imprisonment after being sentenced over the callous murder of Meliame Fisi’ihoi four years ago.
Today, Viliami Iongi and Falala Iongi were imprisoned for non-parole periods of 15 and 17 years respectively for murdering Meliame on 15 January 2020.
Manu Iongi was also sentenced to serve a non-parole period of eight years’ six months’ imprisonment for manslaughter.
Detective Inspector Tofilau Fa’amanuia Va’aelua says the investigation team welcome today’s sentences handed down at the Auckland High Court.
“Today the Operation Truro team acknowledge Meliame’s family who have lost a mother and grandmother in tragic circumstances,” he says.
“We are pleased to reach this point some four years after Meliame was senselessly murdered at her home.
“This now brings an end to the court proceedings and we hope that this brings some closure for the family so that they can try to move forward with their lives.”
57-year-old Fisi’ihoi was killed in her home in Calthorp Close in Mangere, in January 2020, when she answered a knock at her window. She was shot dead at point-blank range. The killer’s target was her son, Stephen Fisi’ihoi, who was not home at the time.
I was absolutely disgusted when I saw this
How low can You go?
These scum are bad eggs
And need to be obliterated
They will never be any good
Only cost money to look after
Leopards don’t change their spots
Corruption does not take on incorruption
How do You want to put it?
In clear cut cases like this demands the Death penalty