Tuesday, February 19, 2013

R. v. KITILA S/O TINTINA (1968) HCD 65

R. v. KITILA S/O TINTINA (1968) HCD 65

Sentencing-Principles relating to domestic offences
 
Held
The offence was “a domestic one.” The magistrate failed to consider that, by imposing “such a long term of imprisonment, he was in fact causing the complainant to suffer more.” By depriving her of her breadwinner. Sentence altered to result in immediate release.

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