Read the full judgment text of CACC 000522/2004 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 22 July 2005.
1. This is an application for leave to appeal against sentence, in respect of a plea of guilty before Judge Longley in the District Court, to a charge of handling stolen goods. The charge was that on that 13 June 2004 the applicant and two others handled a slit lamp, and 881 pairs of glasses frames, knowing or believing them to be stolen. These items were found in premises in which the applicant lived and, under caution, the applicant said that the items had been given to him by a friend who h