Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001229/2005 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 June 2006.
1. The appellant was convicted after a two-day trial in the magistracy of a single offence of conspiracy to defraud. Two witnesses, the two co-conspirators named in the charge, testified on behalf of the prosecution. The first of these witnesses testified under an immunity from prosecution. The second witness had previously been the second accused on the charge faced by the appellant: he had pleaded guilty to that charge shortly before the commencement of the appellant’s trial and then gave