Read the full judgment text of CACC 000026/1974 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The Appellant was one of three men indicted on a total of four counts. There were two counts of rape, one against this Appellant and one against another Accused, and there were two counts of robbery against all three Accused. There were pleas of Guilty to the two robbery counts. The learned judge directed the jury to return a verdict of Not Guilty on the second count of rape on the ground that the assailant was not identified, but the Appellant was convicted on the first count of rape and it