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Criminal Law [2019] ZAKZPHC 66

Mgidi v S (AR212/2017)

Mgidi v S (AR212/2017) [2019] ZAKZPHC 66 (31 May 2019)

Court
Kwazulu-Natal High Court, Pietermaritzburg
Case number
AR212/2017
Judges
Lopes, Radebe

The High Court set aside a robbery conviction, substituting theft, but upheld murder. It reduced the murder sentence from life imprisonment to 12 years.

  • Temporary Non Pathological Criminal Incapacity
  • Robbery With Aggravating Circumstances
  • Murder
  • Theft
  • Minimum Sentencing Provisions
  • Criminal-law
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