Read the full judgment text of CACC 001202/1977 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The Appellant was charged with murder and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. He was sentenced by the learned judge to six years' imprisonment. The circumstances were that the Appellant went with two other triad members, who killed the victim. The Appellant was not arrested for three years after the crime. One of the two other men was convicted. He was convicted of murder, but his conviction was appealed to the Full Court and a verdict of Not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter was substi