Read the full judgment text of CACC 000202/1995 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 20 September 1995.
1. The applicant pleaded not guilty to seven charges: two of s17 wounding (charges 1 and 2), one of money lending at an excessive rate (charge 3), one of claiming membership of a triad society (charge 4), one of blackmail (charge 5); one of criminal damage (charge 6); and one of trafficking in dangerous drugs (charge 7). He, at a late stage, pleaded guilty to the 6th charge, criminal damage, and was, after trial, found guilty of two lesser alternative s.19 wounding charges. He was found guilty a