South Africa Case Law

Phume v S (164/14)

Phume v S (164/14) [2015] ZAFSHC 89 (7 May 2015)

Court

Free State High Court, Bloemfontein

Case number

164/14

Judges

C.J. Musi, G.J.M. Wright

On appeal, the court upheld a stock theft conviction and rejected the appellant’s explanation, but set aside a fraud conviction as an improper splitting of charges.

• Stock Theft
• Fraud
• Circumstantial Evidence
• Admissibility Of Statements
• Negative Inference From Silence
• Stock-theft