Read the full judgment text of CACC 000227/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 11 December 1998.
1. The Applicant was convicted in the District Court before Judge Davies of trafficking in a quantity of dangerous drugs. This was 20.94 grammes of a mixture containing 10.01 grammes of heroin hydrochloride. From the outset of the trial the Applicant had claimed that these dangerous drugs were for his own consumption and that he was prepared to plead guilty to possession of the dangerous drugs. This was not however accepted by the prosecution. The charge of trafficking in the dangerous drugs was