S v Khoza en Andere

JurisdictionSouth Africa
CourtAppellate Division
JudgeViljoen AR, Howard Wn AR en Hefer Wn AR
Judgment Date26 September 1983
Citation1984 (1) SA 57 (A)
Hearing Date05 September 1983

Hefer Wn AR:

Die appellante, na wie ek duidelikheidshalwe as beskuldigdes nrs 1, 2, 4, 5 en 6 onderskeidelik sal verwys, se appèl is gemik teen hulle skuldigbevinding weens die roof op 2 Oktober 1980 van 'n rewolwer en R122 000 kontant van twee amptenare van die Bank van Athene in Marshallstraat, A Johannesburg.

Die enigste vraag wat in hierdie Hof beredeneer is, was of 'n bekentenis wat deur elk van die beskuldigdes gemaak is en wat by die verhoor as getuienis toegelaat is, inderdaad toelaatbaar was. Die advokate was dit eens dat, sou enige bekentenis ontoelaatbaar blyk te gewees het, die betrokke beskuldigde se B appèl moet slaag, en, indien toelaatbaar, dat die appèl afgewys moet word. Die vraag is verder beperk deur die feit dat die beskuldigdes se advokate-

(1)

anders as wat die geval op een stadium by die verhoor was, nie langer staatgemaak het op beweerde aanrandings op enige van die beskuldigdes as gevolg C waarvan hulle die bekentenisse sou gemaak het nie,

(2)

ook nie staatgemaak het op die getuienis van enige van die beskuldigdes betreffende die bekentenisse nie, en

(3)

hulle uitsluitlik verlaat het op "onreëlmatighede" ten opsigte van elke bekentenis.

Dit was 'n wyse besluit van die beskuldigdes se advokate om die D beweerde gronde van ontoelaatbaarheid in 1 en 2 hierbo genoem te abandoneer. Elke beskuldigde se getuienis is in sterk taal deur die Verhoorhof as leuenagtig verwerp en dit sou 'n totaal onbegonne taak wees om hierdie Hof te probeer oorreed dat die Verhoorhof in daardie opsig fouteer het. Ek noem dit omdat die beskuldigdes se leuenagtige getuienis, ook wat die oorweging E van moontlike onreëlmatighede betref, nie onbelangrik is nie.

Die "onreëlmatighede" wat te berde gebring is, sluit in die afneem van bekentenisse deur vrederegters in die persone van polisieoffisiere en, in een geval, deur die ondersoekbeampte, die gebruik van polisiemanne as tolke en die optrede...

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    • South Africa
    • 27 November 1986
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    • 24 September 1987
    ... ... (A); S v Malinga and Others  1963 (1) SA 692 (A); R v Ndhlangisa and Another 1946 AD 1101; R v Nsele  1955 (2) SA 145 (A); S v Mbatha en Andere  1987 (2) SA 272 (A) ...  F  G A Borchers , for third appellant at the request of the Court, cited the following authorities: S v ... [1983] 2 QB 12; S v Ndlovu  1983 (4) SA 507 (ZS); R v Ndoyana and Another  1958 (2) SA 562 (E); S v Mkwanazi  1966 (1) SA 736 (A); S v Khoza and Others  1984 (1) SA 57 (A); S v Mbatha and Others  1987 (2) SA 272 (A); S v Dhlamini  1971 (1) SA 807 (A); S v Mpetha and Others  G  ... ...
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    • 24 September 1987
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