Read the full judgment text of CACC 000229/1995 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 25 August 1995.
1. On March 8 this year, before Deputy Judge Davies in the District Court, this applicant, a man in his early 20's, pleaded guilty to one charge of wounding with intent. The intent was to cause grievous bodily harm. He was on the same day sentenced to three years' and nine months' imprisonment. In arriving at that sentence, the judge adopted a starting point of five years' imprisonment and allowed a 25% discount for the appellant's guilty plea. That plea was the only mitigation available. The ap