Read the full judgment text of CACC 000543/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 4 April 1997.
2. Then offence took place on 12 January 1996. The applicant was on an estate in a lift lobby when he was intercepted by police and searched. He had in his hand a plastic bag which he admitted contained "white powder". He said he was delivering it for someone else for the reward of $2,000. The drug was wrapped in 124 smaller packages. It was accepted by the judge that the applicant was acting as a courier and the judge sentenced him to 5 1/2 years imprisonment. He now seeks leave to appeal again