Read the full judgment text of CACC 000562/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 7 January 1998.
1. On 29th August 1997, this Applicant aged 23 (D1 in the trial) was sentenced in the High Court by Deputy Judge Muttrie to six years' imprisonment for robbery to run consecutively to a sentence of 27 months' imprisonment that he was already serving. The Applicant originally sought leave to appeal against his conviction but that application was dismissed upon abandonment on 8th December 1997. The application is now directed simply towards a reduction of sentence.