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Thursday, 6 April 2017

IRREGULAR EVIDENCE QUESTIONED

It`s not every day that a magistrate`s bench is accused in open court by a lawyer for the defence that irregularities had occurred in the conviction of a client: namely that information (evidence) not produced at the hearing had been instrumental in the conviction of that client.  The reasonably detailed newspaper report is available here.  No doubt this will be one to watch.
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  1. Rogerborg6 April 2017 at 13:37

    I am struggling to get my head around the imbecility of the alleged statement. A magistrate - a chair at that - actually stating out loud that they had sought out or heard evidence without the defence being given the opportunity to see or challenge it?

    It would be positively Kafkaesque, and I fervently hope that there is some misinterpretation at play. If genuine (and I truly hope it was not), then I am inclined to agree with the defence brief that it would cross the line into contempt for the very process which they are there to uphold.

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  2. Anonymous7 April 2017 at 10:13

    The only thing I think it could be is that a JP has come into contact with the defendant before, and has mentioned this in the retiring room.

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