Read the full judgment text of CACC 000100/2001 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 3 January 2002.
1. On 2 March 2001, the Applicant was convicted in the Court of First Instance of trafficking in a crystalline solid containing just over 4.16 kgs of methamphetamine hydrochloride (ice) following a trial before Deputy Judge Whaley and a jury. On 5 March 2001, he was sentenced to twenty-two years' imprisonment, which we note in passing was an inordinately lenient sentence bearing in mind the sophistication of the offence and the quantity of ice involved. The Applicant now seeks leave to appeal ag