The High Court in Suva has sentenced Usaia Kilaiverata to life imprisonment for last year's murder of his partner Losana McGowan.
The sentence is for a minimum term of 18 years.
Losana McGowan, who was a journalist, was assaulted during a domestic argument and died of her injures.
She was 32.
Losana McGowan Photo: Facebook
A court in Fiji has refused to grant bail to the man charged with murdering his partner and a former journalist in Suva, Losana McGowan.
Fiji's police commissioner has rejected claims by the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre that police are not doing enough to combat the issue of domestic violence. Audio
Fiji police say a man remains in custody in connection with the death of a Fiji journalist at the weekend.
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