Read the full judgment text of HCAL 000018/2005 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 March 2006.
1. In September 1993, the applicant was convicted of murder. At the time of the murder he had been in his early forties. Accordingly, in terms of s.2 of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance, Cap.212, which had been enacted in April 1993, the sentence imposed upon the applicant was mandatory. The sentencing judge was bound by the terms of the Ordinance to impose a sentence of life imprisonment. The applicant continues to serve that sentence.
Cited by 2 cases · Cites 2 cases