Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000851/2006 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 October 2006.
1. The sentences imposed by the magistrate were neither manifestly excessive nor wrong in principle and were wholly appropriate. However, the fact that the 2 nd appellant is now pregnant for three months was not brought to the attention of the magistrate, nor was the fact that the 1 st appellant’s mother who is looking after their three children, aged 9, 12 and 14 years is aged 76 and is suffering from bad health.