Trial thread

Appeal thread

State of Affairs pre-appeal

Vah was found to be not guilty based on the weight of evidence. This outcome may have been different but regardless: “Robokaiser didn't call Cherry as a witness”. The defendant was not acknowledged to have made an admission of guilt.

Appeal Findings

Former Judge Dama had a tangible and close connection with Vah so saw it fit to recuse himself from the appeal and asked as much to be stated within.

The presiding judge and I are in agreement that the trial did not take into account the defendant’s admissions enough in the verdict, statements such as:

“This snitch was placed along with another in the center of my property shortly after I was attacked in mta by a group of raiders etc. At the time no1 was living in that plot of land and it is on the very edge of the claim. It is important to note that cherrylaser was the owner of the plot at the time”

“and by the time robo moved in it was apparent that he was either inactive or did not care enough to develop the plot as it was a dirt shack and the sntich was hardly ever hit.”

These statements seriously compromise the integrity of a defence that was characterised by its weakness and won by benefit of lack of evidence- brought into question when these statements are acknowledged fully. Either Cherry was illegally snitched, or Robokaiser. This is immaterial for the purposes of the case as regardless Vah must have carried out a count of 100.03.

The Appeal Verdict

On the agreement of two judges including the former presiding judge, the appeal is granted with Vah being found, in light of the evidence, guilty of 100.03. Given it is the defendant’s first offence, the sentence shall be the minimum allowed within the range (three to six days prison).

Vah is found guilty and sentenced to 3 days prison pearl.