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S v B.L (54/2024) [2024] ZAWCHC 59; 2024 (1) SACR 537 (WCC) (26 February 2024)
On automatic review, the High Court set aside a conviction under a protection order, holding that an offensive word used about music was not abuse directed at the complainant.
S v Benya - Review Judgment (CA&R 140/2023) [2023] ZAECMKHC 105 (19 September 2023)
The High Court corrected a magistrate’s review judgment, substituting the proper Domestic Violence Act section and confirming the sentence on a suspended basis.
T S v S (A134/2020) [2020] ZAFSHC 245 (7 December 2020)
The High Court reduced a 23-year effective sentence for breaching a protection order, malicious damage to property, and arson to an effective four years.
Hendricks v S (A343/2007) [2008] ZAWCHC 179 (18 April 2008)
The High Court reduced two three-year sentences for breaching protection orders under the Domestic Violence Act to six months each, finding the original sentences excessive.
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