Read the full judgment text of CACC 000635/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 April 1998.
1. This applicant was convicted after trial before Deputy Judge McMahon on 16th September 1997. He was sentenced to imprisonment for nine years on 7th October of that year and on 21st October he filed a Notice to Appeal setting out two grounds. These grounds alleged that the conviction was not a proper one as the prosecution had failed to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt, and also alleged that the trial judge had failed properly and fairly to direct the jury on the evidence adduced.