Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000003/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 10 March 1999.
1. On 14 December 1998 the appellant pleaded guilty before J L Saunders Esquire, magistrate, to the offence of possession of dangerous drugs, namely, a quantity of heroin. He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. Of that term, three months was ordered to run concurrently with an existing sentence of eight months for another offence he was then serving, resulting in another nine months overall.