Read the full judgment text of CACC 000709/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 28 May 1997.
2. The 10 offences of theft took place between 23 October 1991 and 5 May 1994. He had taken 10 different jobs with 10 employers. He had produced his identity card to those employers but had given them a false address. Within a few days of each appointment he took the opportunity to steal cash or property and then left without returning. t was usually cash that he took but on one occasion he took a Rolex watch. None of the properties was recovered and the total amount involved over that period wa