Read the full judgment text of CACC 000073/2000 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 5 July 2000.
1. The defendant was charged with three counts of sexual offences, being two counts of rape and one count of buggery. He was tried before Deputy High Court Judge Tong with a jury. He was convicted on all the three counts on 26 January 2000. On 16 February 2000, the Judge passed a sentence of 10 years' imprisonment for each of the three counts and ordered the sentences to run concurrently. By his notice of appeal, the defendant sought leave to appeal against conviction and sentence. But before us