Read the full judgment text of CACC 000174/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 11 December 1996.
1. On 15th February, 1996, the applicant was found guilty by a jury of one count of manufacturing a dangerous drug, namely heroin hydrochloride. The drugs which were recovered had a street value of $65,000 which, as the Judge commented, was not unduly large. The Judge also observed, correctly, that the offence of manufacturing dangerous drugs is a very serious one. Conviction on a charge of manufacturing usually attracts a far heavier sentence than does one of trafficking. He was sentenced to im