Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000856/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 15 August 1996.
1. This is an appeal against sentence. The appellant pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of obscene articles for publication. On 13th June 1996, he was serving in a shop which was in a shopping arcade. Inside the shop were 54 video tapes. Their content was obscene in that they showed sexual intercourse between men and women as well as oral sex. There was a video in the shop so that those customers who wanted a preview could watch.