Read the full judgment text of HCA 002766/1973 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. Before I come to the judgment I would like to make certain remarks on the conduct of the solicitors for the defence. This is a case where the defendant has been granted Legal Aid. The trial has lasted two full days and the instructing solicitors for the defence have not put in an appearance for one second. As a result defence counsel was left entirely on his own without adequate instructions. It was not until this morning when a matter concerning a document was in issue and certain urgent ame