Read the full judgment text of CACC 000384/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 8 January 1999.
1. The applicant pleaded guilty to 7 counts of procuring the making of entries in the bank records by deception. He was sentenced by Deputy Judge Geiser in the District Court to a total of 3 years and 4 months imprisonment. The applicant admitted that in each of these offences, he purported to sell blank video tapes to foreign buyers through a company in which he was the sole proprietor. Having obtained the letter of credit from the foreign buyer, he presented it to the relevant bank together wi