Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001020/2002 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 March 2003.
1. The Appellant was found guilty after trial of one count of "Trafficking in a Dangerous Drug". The dangerous drug was a single straw packet of heroin; the heroin hyrochloride content was 0.06 grammes. The Appellant was sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment and that sentence was ordered to run concurrently with 5 months of a suspended sentence, imposed in TWCC 3369/2002. The Appellant appeals today against conviction only on the ground that his conviction was against the weight of evidence.