Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000715/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 26 July 1996.
1. The appellant pleaded guilty to one count of theft. It was in fact a shoplifting in a supermarket. I notice that although the amount stolen was only H$56.00 for quite a number of items, she was sentenced initially to six months imprisonment and the court also activated a three months suspended sentence to be served consecutively, making a total of nine months. On review, this was reduced to eight months on what the learned Magistrate said was compassion ground. She now appeals against sentenc