Read the full judgment text of CACC 000126/1994 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 28 September 1995.
1. The 2nd and the 3rd defendants seek leave to appeal against their convictions. The charge against each of these applicants is identical, that is to say, forcible detention of a person with intent to procure a ransom for her liberation. This is a case of alleged kidnapping. The facts placed before the jury are that these two applicants together with others kidnapped a young child on 17 December 1992. The elder sister of the victim immediately notified their father after the abduction. The vict