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R v Chand (CO 86/2020) [2021] SCSC 968 (28 July 2021)
The Supreme Court of Seychelles held there was a prima facie case on all counts except Count 3, which was acquitted for failure to call a key witness.
R v Antoine (CR 95 of 2019) [2021] SCSC 848 (25 February 2021)
The Supreme Court of Seychelles convicted the accused of trafficking heroin and possession of cannabis resin after finding knowledge and control over drugs hidden in his vehicle.
Monthushimira & Anor v R (SCA 6 of 2018) [2018] SCCA 36 (13 December 2018)
The Court of Appeal upheld drug convictions, finding the vessel was intercepted within Seychelles territorial waters and rejecting the innocent passage argument.
R v Valentin (CO 68/2016) [2017] SCSC 967 (4 December 2017)
The court dismissed a drug trafficking charge after finding the prosecution failed to prove which packet the accused allegedly threw and could not establish a safe chain of custody.
Marie & Ors v Cafrine (CS 69/2015) [2017] SCSC 891 (29 June 2017)
The Supreme Court of Seychelles held the defendant liable for the wrongful death of Georges Robert after rejecting a self-defence argument and awarded damages to his estate and family.
R v William (CO 85/2015) [2017] SCSC 245 (16 March 2017)
The prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused was in possession of and had knowledge of 2.68 grams of heroin found in his room, attracting the statutory presumption of trafficking, which the accused failed to rebut. The chain of custody was established and the defence of planting was unsupported and rejected.
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Sifflore v R (SCA 15 of 2011) [2015] SCCA 41 (17 December 2015)
The Court of Appeal allowed a criminal appeal against a conspiracy-to-traffick conviction, finding the evidence of accomplice witnesses unsafe and insufficient.
R vs Rose (CO 85.2011) [2014] SCSC 26 (28 January 2014)
The Supreme Court of Seychelles convicted Daniel Rose of possessing cocaine and cannabis after finding the prosecution proved possession, knowledge, and chain of custody.
R vs Dufrene (CO 55.2012) [2014] SCSC 4 (16 January 2014)
The Supreme Court of Seychelles convicted Robert Dufrene of drug trafficking after finding he possessed 25.2 grams of cannabis resin and had knowledge of it.
R v Duval ((Criminal Side No. 49 of 2007)) [2011] SCSC 84 (15 August 2011)
The court found that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused was in possession of and had knowledge of the Cannabis Resin, and that the quantity found triggered the presumption of trafficking, which the accused failed to rebut.
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