Read the full judgment text of CACC 000398/1976 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 30 July 1976.
1. The appellant is one of two or perhaps three men who successfully robbed a trading company in the Central District. That company is the agent for certain well-known brands of watch. The premises were locked at the time of the robbery. However, the two men gained entrance by pretending that they had watches for repair. Once inside they threatened the staff with knives and tied them up with wire apparently brought especially for that purpose. They made good their escape with 979 watches and som