Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000583/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 25 August 1995.
1. This is an appeal from Mr. Kelly. The charge against this lady was theft. It was a shop-lifting case where she had gone to Marks & Spencer in Landmark and taken a pair of lady's trousers. She put them on a counter which was unmanned and then put them inside a trolley type bag which is on wheels and walked out the store. She did not give evidence. A person has a right to remain silent. I can see no reason here why she should not have gone into the witness box and said it was all an accident an