Read the full judgment text of CACC 000213/2004 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 17 August 2004.
1. This is an application for leave to appeal against sentence. On 3 May 2004, the Applicant was tried before Barnes D.J. on a charge of robbery. On 14 February 2004 the Applicant and his co-tenant were in the stone hut they shared when the Applicant approached the co-tenant for a loan. When the co-tenant refused and returned to his own room, the Applicant followed the co-tenant into the room and pointed a pair of scissors at his neck. As a result of this threat, the co-tenant was compelled to g