Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000665/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 November 1999.
1. This Appellant appeals against his conviction for one offence of Theft from a motor vehicle. The main ground of the appeal is that the Magistrate did not take into account sufficiently the alleged material discrepancies in the evidence of the sole identifying witness, who was PW1. This witness, from a distance, allegedly saw the Appellant taking his bag from the front seat of PW1's van and a pursuit took place, with PW1 chasing and eventually apprehending Appellant.