Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000192/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 29 May 1998.
1. The Appellant appeals against on conviction on a charge of theft which was heard in the Magistracy. The theft was a shop theft; the Appellant was alleged to have entered the shop which sold handbags and watches and taken up a handbag. After walking around for a few more minutes she left the shop, carrying the handbag on her shoulder. The manager of the shop, who was PW1 at trial, stopped her outside the shop. An argument ensued when PW1 accused the Appellant of stealing the bag. A report was