VONNIS

IN DIE HOOGGEREGSHOF VAN SUID-AFRIKA
(WES-KAAP HOE HOF, KAAPSTAD)

SAAKNOMMER:					SS83/1999

DATUM:						17 NOVEMBER 2008

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2.	ANTHONY HERMANUS

VONNIS

Beskuldigde    2    se    geboortedatum    is    11    April    1989.
Beskuldigde 1 het nie die heeltyd grootgeword in die teenwoordigheid van en/of sorg van sy eie biologiese ouers, soos die Maatskaplike Werkster my in kennis gestel het nie. Hy het egter gevorder tot standerd vier (4) op skool by Liebenberg Primere Skool in Malmesbury. Volgens wat die Maatskaplike Werkster van u ma af uitgevind het, u gedrag op skool was gekenmerk deur opstand teen die skoolsisteem, weiering om skool by te woon ensovoorts. U het geen spesifieke beroepsvaardighede of opleiding ondergaan nie. Die volgende belangrike uitlating deur die Maatskaplike Werkster behoort ook in gedagte gehou te word:

"It is not wrong that natural indignation of interested persons and of the community at large should receive some recognition in the sentence that Courts impose, and it is not irrelevant to bear in mind that if sentences for serious crimes are too lenient, the administration of justice may fall into disrepute and injured persons may incline to take the law into their own hands."

"A sentencing policy that caters predominantly or exclusively for public opinion is flawed. It remains the Court's duty to impose fearlessly an appropriate and fair sentence even if the sentence does not satisfy the public."

"... that justice must be done with compassion and

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humanity, not by the rule of thumb, and not that the sentence must be assessed not callously or arbitrarily or vindictively, but with due regard to the weakness of human beings and their propensity for succumbing to temptation....but it must also be borne in mind that the consideration of mercy must not be allowed to lead to the condonation or minimisation of serious crimes."

"The interests of society are best served by a sentence which produces the biggest advantage, or the least potential harm, to society. Any positive purpose, positive for the community, that is, which can be served by the sentence, should therefore be promoted in the interests of society. If future crime can be prevented by a sentence, whether by deterring the accused or other potential offenders, whether by reforming the offender, or whether by protecting society from the offender by other means, such a sentence will be in the interest of society."

Dit is belangrik terwyl ek oor beskuldigde 2 praat om uit te haal van die verslag wat die Maatskaplike Werkster vir doeleindes van hierdie vonnisverrigtinge opgestel het. Die verslag het nie bladsynommers nie, maar daar op die laaste gedeelte, paragraaf 10 waar die Maatskaplike Werkster handel met die sogenaamde "Evaluering", skryf sy soos volg:

U word soos volg gevonnis:

Beskuldigde 1: U word gevonnis tot TWINTIG (20) JAAR GEVANGENISSTRAF.

Beskuldigde 2: U word gevonnis tot SESTIEN (16) JAAR GEVANGENISSTRAF.

DLODLO, R