Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001401/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 March 1997.
1. The appellant was convicted of careless driving after a trial before a magistrate. PW1, the victim, gave evidence that he was pushing a cage from the road over a metal plate between the kerb and the roadway to go up to the pavement. In the course of this, PW1 found something obstructing his way. He stopped standing in a position with his left leg forward and right leg backward. He was about 5 to 6 feet from the pavement facing the shop premises. To his right there was a heavy goods vehicle. A