Read the full judgment text of FAMC 000028/2002 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 18 September 2002.
1. The first question, as raised in the course of this application, is this. Where it is alleged that a witness fabricated evidence against the accused, can the court permit it to be brought out that that witness's evidence was not accepted in an earlier case in which a comparable allegation had been made against him, or can that be permitted only if it is established that the witness had lied in the earlier case?