Read the full judgment text of CACC 000792/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 15 July 1998 before Mayo JA, Leong JA, Stuart-Moore JA.
Criminal law – blackmail – criminal intimidation – theft – robbery – appeal against conviction – evidence of $500,000 demand emerged in re-examination – judge erred by relying on it without allowing cross-examination – judge failed to resolve discrepancies between PW3 and PW4 on number of assailants – conviction unsafe and unsatisfactory – appeal allowed – convictions quashed – sentences set aside
Legal issues: Reliance on re-examination evidence without cross-examination opportunity · Failure to resolve discrepancies in witness evidence
Outcome: Convictions quashed; sentences set aside.