Read the full judgment text of FAMC 000041/2008 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 9 September 2008.
1. The Court of Appeal having affirmed his conviction in the District Court of handling stolen goods, this applicant now seeks leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal under the “substantial and grave injustice” limb of s.32(2) of the Court’s statute. There was no dispute that the goods concerned had been stolen. Nor was there any dispute that the applicant dealt with them in a way which would amount to the offence of handling if he knew that they had been stolen. So the only issue was wh