Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001042/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 December 1999.
1. This Appellant appeals against the sentence of 16 months imposed on her in the magistracy for an offence of Trafficking in Dangerous Drugs. The Appellant was seen by police officers to be selling drugs in the street. The drugs were 3 straw packets with a narcotic content of 0.73g Heroin hydrochloride. She has a previous criminal record going back to 1986 for comparatively minor offences. Her only drug offences were two counts of Possession of Dangerous Drugs for which she was sent to DATC in