Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000769/2002 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 November 2002.
1. This is an appeal against conviction for indecent assault. The case is a very simple one. A lady, PW1, was standing outside the 7-11 shop in Soares Avenue at 3:00 in the morning. It was common ground that the appellant in this case had been inside the 7-11 with his fiancée. He came out, and then passed by the side of her. He, on any view of the matter, passed close to PW1 wherever it was she may have been exactly standing. PW1 told the magistrate that she definitely felt that her right buttoc