Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000185/2002 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 May 2002.
1. Having considered the written arguments in this case and having taken into account the concession made by Mr Dick who appears before this court for the Government, I reluctantly come to the conclusion that the conviction cannot be supported in view of the very fundamental error made by the magistrate on the standard of proof (see p.67 of the Appeal Bundle D-E. The mistake is fatal and cannot be cured by a subsequent correction at p.68 N-O).