Read the full judgment text of CAAR 000002/1980 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 21 May 1980 before McMullin, Ag. C.J., Li, J.A. & O'Connor, J..
Criminal law – sentencing – concurrent vs consecutive – prison offence – assault occasioning actual bodily harm – provocation – self-defence – remission – Attorney General review – whether concurrent sentence wrong in principle – Application No. 10 of 1975 applied – magistrate erred by considering loss of remission – original concurrent sentence set aside – 6 months consecutive substituted
Legal issues: Concurrent vs consecutive sentencing for prison offence
Outcome: Application allowed; original sentence of 1 year concurrent set aside; substituted with 6 months consecutive to existing sentence.