Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000466/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 18 April 1997.
1. The appellant was convicted on 5 th March 1996 of assaulting a police officer, common assault and careless driving. The appellant was represented by leading counsel in the court below. It is unnecessary to go into the facts of this matter, they were not particularly serious offences as they turned out and that is fully illustrated by the penalties which were eventually passed by the learned magistrate.