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Title
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Date
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FLYNOTE
Criminal law – Murder – Extenuating circumstances – Appeal against conviction – Sentence enhancement in absence of cross-appeal – Power of appellate court to vary sentence
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proprio motu – Manifestly lenient sentence – Sentencing discretion – Role of deterrence and public abhorrence in punishment. |
Judgment |
2 May 2025 |
FLYNOTE
Criminal Law – Murder – Circumstantial evidence – Whether inference of intent to kill established beyond reasonable doubt – Culpable homicide – Whether trial court misdirected itself in failing to consider absence of mens rea for murder – Penal Code Act 2010 (Lesotho), sections 40, 41. |
Judgment |
2 May 2025 |
FLYNOTE
Criminal Law — Murder — Self-defence — Whether Crown proved guilt beyond reasonable doubt — Whether trial court misdirected itself in rejecting self-defence — Duties of appellate court on findings of fact — Credibility of witnesses — Single witness rule — Forensic inconsistencies — Investigative irregularities |
Judgment |
2 May 2025 |
FLYNOTE
Criminal law—Murder—Self-defence—Constructive intent—Sentencing discretion—Appeal against conviction and sentence—Whether appellant acted in private defence—Whether sentence of 18 years’ imprisonment excessive. |
Judgment |
2 May 2025 |
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Judgment |
27 February 2025 |
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Judgment |
29 November 2024 |
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Judgment |
28 May 2024 |
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Judgment |
12 April 2024 |
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Judgment |
16 February 2024 |
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Judgment |
25 October 2023 |
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Judgment |
19 October 2023 |