Pooe v S (A753/15)
Pooe v S (A753/15) [2016] ZAGPPHC 1202 (29 November 2016)
The trial court misdirected itself by not ordering the sentences for housebreaking and conspiracy to commit robbery to run concurrently, given that both offences were committed at the same place and time and were closely linked. The cumulative effect of the sentences was unduly harsh. The appellate court is therefore entitled to interfere and order the sentences to run concurrently, resulting in an effective eight-year imprisonment. Furthermore, the sentence imposed under section 120(4) of the Children's Act was not justified, as the appellant was not convicted of any offence listed in that s…
Source excerpt
- Sentencing Principles
- Concurrent Sentences
- Misdirection In Sentencing
- Children's Act Section 120
- Antedating Of Sentence