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1. The applicant was convicted of the offence of robbery. The robbery took place on 4th October 1981 and it was of a nightclub hostess returning in the early hours of the morning to her home. The applicant was jointly charged with a second defendant on the charge sheet. The second named defendant had faced trial on the 16th April 1982; on the 19th April he changed his plea to guilty. The applicant had failed to appear for trial at the same time as the second defendant.