Read the full judgment text of CACC 000681/1969 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 13 November 1969.
1. The appellant in this case pleaded guilty before the learned Magistrate to two charges of robbery with aggravation in that together with another person he robbed a man on 5th February 1969 and a woman on 21st July 1969. The modus operandi was the same on each occasion, the appellant grabbed the victims' neck from behind while his accomplice relieved the victim of his or her valuables, and at the time the victim was warned to keep quiet otherwise he or she would be stabbed to death.