Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000916/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 March 1996.
1. This was an appeal against a conviction for trafficking in dangerous drugs and a sentence of 30 months imposed therefor. There was only one ground of appeal worthy of consideration and that was that an alleged verbal admission made by the Appellant was admitted into evidence without the Appellant, who was unrepresented at trial, being advised of his rights to challenge its voluntariness. This technically was a ground on which I had to allow this appeal. I did so with great reluctance because