Read the full judgment text of CACC 000070/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 24 July 1998.
1. The applicant stood charged on one count of rape. After trial in which he elected not to give evidence, the jury found him guilty. The judge passed a sentence of 6 1/2 years for rape. He was also sentenced to 2 years each on three counts of theft. The sentences for theft were ordered to run concurrently and the sentence for rape was to run consecutively with the sentences for theft. He has, therefore, to serve a total term of 8 1/2 years.