Read the full judgment text of CACC 000279/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 19 November 1997.
1. In this matter the applicant pleaded guilty to one charge of trafficking in dangerous drugs. The amount involved was 15.94 grammes of a mixture containing 13.25 grammes of heroin. The trial judge, correctly, when sentencing, took a starting point of five years. He said: