Read the full judgment text of CACC 000898/1974 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant was found guilty of the offence of defilement of a girl of between the ages of 13 and 16 years. The victim was defiled by a person in a certain apartment on the 21st April, 1974. At about the same time two other persons possessed her in circumstances which amounted to rape. They have been convicted of the offence of defilement and are now serving sentences of imprisonment. At the time of the incidents the victim was not a virgin. Indeed, she may be described as a girl of no char