19 Jun 2020
The trial judge properly rejected the applicant's account, accepted the prosecution's evidence including cautioned admissions and identification, and those findings were not open to appellate criticism; therefore the application for leave to appeal against conviction was dismissed.
27 May 2020
The magistrate accepteda victim's evidence that he lost a watch and identified the pawned watch by serial number; the pawnbroker's identification evidence matched the appellant's identity; the appellant gave no explanation; the only reasonable inference was that the appellant knew or suspected the watch was stolen, so the prosecution proved the offence beyond reasonable doubt and conviction was upheld.
22 Dec 2017
The court accepted the complainant's evidence and the surrounding factual matrix (tracking of the phone, calls demanding payment, meeting and bargaining, receipt of marked notes) as satisfying the elements of extortion; the appellant's contradictory account was rejected and there was no error in the trial judge's assessment of credibility or in imposing a six‑month sentence, so the conviction and sentence were upheld.