14 Aug 2023
45A-(05&06)-01/2016 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Citation
- 45A-(05&06)-01/2016 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- 05&06
- Case number
- 45A-(05&06)-01/2016 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The Court found the Prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused had actual/direct possession and committed the act of carrying/throwing the black plastic bag containing multiple neatly packaged drugs; the defence failed to raise a reasonable doubt on possession and trafficking; the earlier trial judge's acquittal on chemist homogenisation did not ultimately preclude conviction after appellate remittal; on sentencing, in light of Act 846 the Court exercised discretion and imposed life imprisonment and 15 strokes for trafficking (s39B(2)) with other sentences concurrent, finding…