Read the full judgment text of FAMC 000008/2004 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 26 March 2004.
1. This applicant faced one count of rape. In September 2000 the jury convicted him, and the judge sentenced him to seven years' imprisonment. He went to the Court of Appeal, complaining about his conviction and sentence. In October 2001 that court affirmed both. By an application launched in January this year, the applicant now seeks leave to appeal, out of time, to the Court of Final Appeal on conviction and sentence. It is argued on his behalf that he has suffered substantial and grave injust