Read the full judgment text of CACC 001049/1976 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 July 1977.
2. There is in this case only one ground of appeal which calls for our giving detailed reasons. The point arises in this way. This Appellant (who was in fact the 2nd Appellant) was alleged to have made a confession statement to the police. He objected that it had been obtained from him by improper means and in accordance with established practice a trial within the trial was held to determine (a) the admissibility of the statement and also (b) whether there were circumstances requiring the exclu