Read the full judgment text of CACC 000017/1975 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is an appeal against a sentence of 5 ½ years' imprisonment for robbery. There was nothing particularly unusual about this offence, The victim was attacked in the street at 2 o'clock in the morning, money was demanded from him and he handed over $15. The Appellant was not satisfied with that and threatened that he would stab the victim if he did not hand over more. Thereafter further property changed hands. Fortunately a police car happened to pass at that moment and eventually the Appell