Read the full judgment text of CACC 000470/1977 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant was found guilty of two counts of murder. It is not necessary to go deeply into the facts. In short the appellant had a violent altercation with his elderly great aunt when the great aunt refused to lend him money. The great aunt's amah came to her assistance but in no time at all the appellant had killed them both. The amah died of a broken head, the great aunt from multiple chop wounds.