Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001226/2005 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 April 2006.
1. The appellants were convicted after trial of one joint charge of “blackmail” [Charge 1] and one joint charge of “assault occasioning actual bodily harm” [Charge 2] — except for the 2 nd appellant who pleaded guilty to Charge 2 at the close of the prosecution’s case. Abandoning their initial notices, they now appeal against the conviction for Charge 1 only.