Read the full judgment text of CACC 000035/1995 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 May 1995.
1. The applicant was originally charged with murder. He pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter. The victim was a fellow inmate of the High Island Detention Centre and the offence occurred on 14th November 1992. The admitted facts at trial indicated that the incident occurred after a quarrel about the use of a chess set. The applicant today tells us that the deceased had taken his watch. Whatever may have been the initial cause of the incident, he was seen chasing the deceased holding a knife