Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000299/2004 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 April 2004.
1. The appellant had pleaded guilty to, in Eastern Magistracy, two offences of theft. The first count involved a pair of jeans and the second a pair of shoes, they were worth $699 and $2,700 respectively. The admitted facts disclosed that the appellant and two other persons were seen in a shop inside the Sogo Department Store. When they left, the staff found that a pair of jeans was missing. So a staff member followed the appellant, stopped him outside the shop, and found the jeans with him. The