Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000273/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 June 1996.
1. This is a simple case. There are two conflicting versions of facts - one given by the victim of the traffic accident and one by the Appellant and his passenger. Even though there are more than one witness in the Appellant's case, it is still a two version situation. The victim's evidence is that she stepped onto the pedestrian crossing when the green light was in her favour and when she was 1/3rd on the fast lane, she was knocked down by the motor cycle driven by the Appellant. The Appellant'