Read the full judgment text of CACC 000448/1975 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant, a youth of 19, pleaded guilty to a charge of defilement of a girl aged 13. The girl was reported missing by her parents in September 1974 and she and the appellant were found by the police in April 1975. The girl and the appellant had been living together in a hut at Shek Kong. The girl is, at present, pregnant. The appellant was sentenced to detention in a training centre.