Read the full judgment text of CACC 000145/1984 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The Applicant pleaded guilty to two charges of burglary, but was originally sentenced by the trial judge to five months' imprisonment on eight charges of burglary, sentences to run consecutively as the judge mistakenly thought the Applicant faced eight charges jointly with his co-accused. The total term of imprisonment was therefore forty months. Upon realising his mistake, he altered his sentence to one of three years and four months concurrent on each of the two charges on which the Applic