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December 1998
R v Ngabu (Confirmation Case 196 of 1999) [1998] MWHC 1 (31 December 1998)
Three-year sentence for theft of K27,000 deemed manifestly excessive; one year deemed appropriate, but no order made due to delay.
  • Criminal law — Theft — Sentencing — Breach of trust not applicable to simple theft by driver — Manifestly excessive sentence reduced in principle — Delay in confirmation review affecting relief
31 December 1998
Banda (G) v R (Criminal Appeal 83 of 1997) [1998] MWHC 9 (12 December 1998)
Recent possession does not automatically establish burglary; courts must consider defendant's explanation; conviction substituted for handling.
  • Criminal law — Burglary and theft — recent possession — inference of guilt — handling/receiving stolen goods — weight of contemporaneous explanation and police statement
12 December 1998
Madala v C.C.A.P. Blantyre Synod (Civil Cause 843 of 1998) [1998] MWHC 12 (7 December 1998)
7 December 1998