Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000713/1985 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The trial magistrate obviously approached the matter of sentence in this case with great care. I accept his implicit view that 6 months imprisonment would ordinarily be appropriate, and that if there were an aggravating factor, for instance the involvement of young people as customers or prostitutes, as in this case, a somewhat longer term might be called for. Accordingly the sentence of 9 months imprisonment would not of itself appear to be manifestly excessive.