Read the full judgment text of CACC 144/2018 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 22 April 2020.
1. The applicant originally faced an indictment containing three counts: murder, theft and attempted theft. He pleaded guilty to the counts of theft and attempted theft, but not guilty to the count of murder. However, he indicated that he would offer a plea of guilty to manslaughter. The offer was not accepted by the prosecution and the trial proceeded on an amended indictment alleging a single count of murder. Accordingly, the jury were unaware of the applicant’s other pleas of guilty.