S v Ndlovu and Another (250/91,16/92)
S v Ndlovu and Another (250/91,16/92) [1993] ZASCA 66 (24 May 1993)
The Supreme Court of Appeal held that the statements made by the appellants to police officers through interpreters were inadmissible as the interpreters were not called to testify, and thus the accuracy of the interpretation was not proven. The absence of the interpreters' evidence was fatal to the admissibility of the statements. There was no other admissible evidence against the second appellant, and the statement of the first appellant implicating the second was not admissible against him. Accordingly, the convictions and sentences for murder and rape against the second appellant were set…
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- Admissibility Of Evidence
- Hearsay Rule
- Confession
- Interpretation Of Statements
- Criminal Procedure Act
- Rape And Murder