Why ConCourt overturned student’s life sentence for stabbing two cops
Apex court rules that trial court ‘incorrectly formulated the test for putative private defence’
31 May 2022 - 19:36
The Constitutional Court has found that the Pretoria high court incorrectly formulated the test for putative private defence when it convicted a Unisa law student of murder for stabbing two police officers he believed were criminals out to harm him...
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