Read the full judgment text of CACC 000290/2009 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 9 December 2009.
1. The applicant was sentenced for wounding with intent to 40 months’ imprisonment after being given the usual one-third discount for his plea. He now asks for leave to appeal against sentence out of time. He was sentenced on 1 June 2009. The application for leave to appeal out of time was only made on 4 September 2009. So it was more than 2 months out of time. His explanation for the delay is that there was nobody to help him, nor was anyone able to speak his language. But it is quite clear fro
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