Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001253/2004 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 26 January 2005.
1. The Appellant, a 19 year old male, was convicted of a single charge of indecent assault after trial by a deputy Magistrate. The prosecution called three witnesses: the complainant, a young female; the police officer who pursued and apprehended the Appellant; and a female police officer who was summoned to the scene to make enquiries of the complainant. It relied upon their evidence as well as upon an oral admission made by the Appellant to the police officer who arrested him, which admiss