Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000544/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 August 1996.
1. This appellant has two appeals before me. The first arises from a conviction in March 1995 for an offence of common assault. He is said to have assaulted his wife on 21st December 1995. He contested the case, and was found guilty. He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for the assault, and a suspended sentence of four months' imprisonment was activated. He was ordered to serve that consecutively to the one month term imposed for this offence. He appeals against both conviction and sente