Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000108/2007 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 July 2007.
1. This is an appeal against a conviction for fraud. Basically, the prosecution’s case was that the Appellant used his cousin’s identity to apply for a loan. The loan was paid into an account which had been set up by the cousin, who was PW5 at the trial. PW5 said it was set up in the presence of and at the behest of this Appellant, and he said that he had nothing to do with the application for the loan and was a complete stranger to it. That was the way the case was conducted by the prosecut