Read the full judgment text of CAAR 000007/1980 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 9 July 1980.
1. Pursuant to leave granted by the Chief Justice the Attorney General applies for a review of sentence. On a charge of robbery the Respondent was sentenced to detention in a drug addiction treatment centre. The learned judge drew attention to the fact that the Defendant himself acknowledged that his problem resulted from his drug addiction and that he wished to receive rehabilitation treatment. The judge took the view that a person with a medical problem should not be sent to prison when the Go