Read the full judgment text of CACC 000494/1971 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The five appellants, together with a sixth man who broke bail and has not yet been tried, were charged between them with seven offences - six of blackmail and one of robbery. No single charge was levelled against all the appellants but, in different combinations, all of them were charged with one or more of the blackmail offences. In addition the 4th and 5th appellants together with the 6th accused (he who broke bail) faced the robbery charge.