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\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  [1968] 3 All ER}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  858
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R. v. Lymm Justices, ex parte Brown}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  [1973] 1 All ER }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 716
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R. v. Tower Bridge Magistrates, ex parte Osman}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  [19\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 71] }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid2976333\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 2 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 All ER}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  1018
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Appeal against conviction and sentence imposed in the High Court following committal from the Magistrates}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid2976333\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Court.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Appellant\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  in Person
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 C. Hook}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  for the Respondent
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 QUILLIAM & THOMPSON JJ.A:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Appellant was charged in the Magist\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
rates' Court with having committed rape on 1 July 1994. He was unrepresented and pleaded not guilty. On 2 September 1994, following a trial, he was convicted. For the reasons given by the Magistrate he was then committed to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the High Court for sentence in}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ccordance with the provisions of s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid2976333\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 222 of the C}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 riminal Procedure Code (Cap. 21),}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 and on 21 September 1994 he was sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment. He now appeals against both his conviction and sentence.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 We deal first with the appeal against conviction\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  and for that purpose it is necessary to give an outline of the facts.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The complainant was a staff nurse stationed temporarily at the Nairai }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Nursing Station. On 1 July 1994,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  during her lunch hour, she was in her living quarters}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
preparing a meal when the A\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ppellant called and asked her to dress his hand. She went with him to the clinic for that purpose. Her evidence was that the Appellant then threatened and indecently assaulted her, made her go to her quarters, and there raped her. It is unnecessary to giv
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 any greater detail of what she said occurred. Shortly after this incident she complained to a villager about what had happened and was seen to be distressed. The police were informed and the Appellant was apprehended the next morning.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 When interviewed th\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e Appellant admitted in his caution statement that he had had intercourse with the complainant, but the effect of his statement was that she had consented.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 At his trial the Appellant, having been given the customary warning in terms of s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid2976333\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 2}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 11 of the Crimi\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nal Procedure Code, elected to give evidence. He said that although the complainant initially said she did not want to have intercourse with him, she had in the end done so on two occasions and had shown no signs of distress.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Appellant has given sever\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 al grounds of appea}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6758158\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 l which we deal with separately}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 .
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (a)}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "I was not legally represented. I did not know how to present myself especially when the charge was of a complex nature."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Upon a criminal charge as serious as rape there is little doubt that legal r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
epresentation is desirable. This cannot, of course, be forced upon a defendant. It is plainly most desirable that, upon a charge as serious as rape, an accused person should be able to be represented by counsel. In the present case the circumstances were 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ufficiently grave as to have meant that an application for legal aid would have had considerable merit. There is no indication, however, that he made such an application and there is no indication in the record that he raised the matter of representation 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n the course of the trial. He was on bail from }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6758158\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 18}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  July to 2 September and had the opportunity to seek representation but does not appear to have done so.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Appellant cross-examined the witnesses and gave evidence on his own behalf.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 We are unable to tre\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
at the fact alone of his lack of representation as a good ground of appeal.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "In that the complainant was a willing partner who fabricated her story to PW2 to the police and even lied in Court."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (c) }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "In that the complainant had deliberately informed m\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e of her intention to report the matter to the police in order for her to get an automatic transfer out of the Island Nursing Station. In that she badly wanted a transfer for reasons well known to her and the village community."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
We can deal with these two grounds together. They concern the differing evidence given by the complainant and the Appellant, involving the credibility of each, which were the very matters the Magistrate, who saw and heard both, was required to determine.

\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 We can see no basis upon which we ought to interfere with the Magistrate's decision on these matters.
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
(d) "In that the Court did not allow further adjournment to enable my two}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 main witnesses to attend, for they were still in the Island of Nairai quite far\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 by sea from Levuka. This had caused confusion in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6758158\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6758158\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 nd was left defenceless.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Magistrate's notes record that the Appellant indicated he had one witness he wished to call but that witness did not appear and was apparently not in the vicinity of the C\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ourthouse. It is not recorded that the witness was not in Levuka, nor that any adjournment was requested. As previously mentioned, the Appellant was on bail and in a position to arrange for the attendance of his witness. On the hearing of the appeal the A
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 p\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
pellant asked to be able to call that witness whom he had available in Court. In response to questions from the Court as to the nature of the evidence he said that the witness would say he had seen the complainant and the Appellant sitting talking togethe
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  in the Nursing Station after the events complained of. No doubt the witness would also have said that the complainant showed at that time no signs of distress. In view o}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 f the fact that the complainant'}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s evidence was that, after the events complained of, a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nd before she was seen to be distressed, she had attended to some patients the evidence of the proposed witness would not have added anything of significance. We accordingly declined to allow the witness to be called.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 We are unable to accept that the inab\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ility to call the witness at the trial is a good ground of appeal.
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
(e) "In that the police pressured me to admit even when I resisted. This led me to go along with them to avoid further harassment."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The question of the circumstances in which the statemen\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
t was taken was canvassed before the Magistrate and he made his finding on it. In any event, the effect of the statement was that there had been consensual intercourse and admission of the statement was to the Appellant's advantage.
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
(f) "In that I felt th\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ere was a total miscarriage of justice and totally disapprove of the conviction."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In the light of what we have already said we do not need to deal with this ground.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 We are unable to see any basis upon which we should interfere with the conviction and the\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  appeal against conviction must accordingly be dismissed.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In the High Court Pain J. reviewed the evidence and imposed a sentence of 8 years}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ' }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 imprisonment. In considering the appeal against sentence we have found it necessary to examine the jurisdiction of
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  the High Court in a case such as the present one.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Section 222 of the Criminal Procedure Code, s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o far as is material, provides:-}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"222.-(1) Where a person.... is tried by a resident magistrate for any offence, and such person is convicted by such magistra\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
te of that offence, ...... then, if on obtaining information as to his character and antecedents, the magistrate is of the opinion that they are such that greater punishment should be inflicted in respect of the offence than the magistrate has power to in
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 f\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
lict, the magistrate may, in lieu of dealing with him in any manner in which the magistrate has power to deal with him, commit him ... to the High Court for sentence in accordance with the following provisions of this section.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
(2) Where the offender is so\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  committed for sentence as aforesaid}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:-
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li1440\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
(a) The High Court shall enquire into the circumstances of the case, and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 shall have power to deal with the offender in any manner in which he could be dealt with if he had been}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
convicted by the High Court ..."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In his remarks at the conclusion of the trial after having convicted the Appellant, the Magistrate made a number of co\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
mments about the gravity of the offence. He noted the complainant's distress and the impact which the offence will have made on her, the differing physiques of the Appellant and the complainant (she "a young lady, with a small figure", and he "a strong ma
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , with a facial expression of a drug addicted person"), and the "despicable and atrocious" method employed by the Appellant. With none of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
these comments would we wish to disagree. The Magistrate then observed that a sentence of 5 years' imprisonment was in\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
sufficient for "this horrific crime". Again, we have little hesitation in agreeing and can find no reason for saying that a sentence of 8 years' imprisonment was manifestly excessive for what the Appellant did.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 We note, however, that nowhere in his commen\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ts did the Magistrate refer specifically to the Appellant's character and antecedents. This raises the question of whether}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
that omission precluded the Magistrate from committing the Appellant to the High Court for sentence under s. 222(1). If that was the \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
case then the maximum sentence which could be imposed was a term of 5 years' imprisonment (s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 7 Criminal Procedure Code). The question is whether "obtaining information as to his character and precedents"}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid3605566\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  [sic]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
, as distinct from having obtained information\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  as to the circumstances of the offence, is to be regarded as a condition precedent to the decision to commit for sentence.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Because this is a matter which was not raised in the High Court and was not in any way foreshadowed in the record we informed couns\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
el for the Respondent of it and then adjourned the hearing in order to give him an opportunity to consider it. He did so and on the resumption of the hearing was able to give us a full argument the effect of which was that the Magistrate must in this case
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 be taken to have obtained information about character and antecedents and accordingly was entitled to commit for sentence.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In order for us to decide on the interpretation to be given to s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  222(1}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ) it is necessary for us first to set out the procedure which\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 is prescribed for the prosecution of criminal offences. This is governed in the first instance by s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid3605566\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
78 of the Criminal Procedure Code which provides that any complaint alleging a criminal offence and any person arrested without warrant is to be brought b\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
efore a Magistrate. The question of whether any such matter is in the end to be dealt with summarily in the Magistrates' Court, or upon indictment in the High Court depends upon the application of the subsequent provisions of the Code.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Section 3 of the El\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ectable Offences Decree 1988 provides:-
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"3. No person charged with an offence under the Penal Code shall be entitled to elect to be tried before the High Court unless the offence with which he has been charged is an electable offence."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "Electable offence\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s" are those set out in the schedule to the Decree and, for present purposes, it is sufficient to observe that rape is one of those.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Accordingly, a person charged with rape is entitled to elect trial in the High Court instead of summary trial in the Magis\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
trates' Court. In this case the Appellant duly made his election to be tried summarily.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 This, however, was not the end of the matter. Notwithstanding the Appellant's election it was still possible for the case to go to the High Court for trial.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Section 6\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  of the Decree provides:
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"6. To the extent that this Decree deals with the right of trial in the High Court of offences prescribed in the Schedule, the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Criminal Procedure Code is amended and shall be read subject to this Decree."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Accordingly, in consider\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ing the provisions of the Code to which we are about to refer it is necessary to pay regard to the question of whether any of them must be taken to have been amended.

\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The first provision in the Code for consideration is s. 220:-
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"220. If before or\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 during the course of a trial before a Magistrates' Court it appears to the Magistrate that the case is one which ought to be tried by the (High) Court or if before the commencement of the trial an application in that behalf is made by a public prosecutor
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
that it shall be so tried, the Magistrate shall not proceed with the trial but in lieu thereof he shall hold a preliminary inquiry in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained, and in such case the provisions of section 235 shall not apply."

\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 At\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 the outset, therefore, either the Magistrate or the prosecutor can decide that the matter is one which ought to be tried on indictment and if either of them makes such a decision the case cannot proceed summarily.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 There can be no question of s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid3605566\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 220 being\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 regarded as amended by the Decree. There is no conflict between the right of the accused to elect trial in the High Court, and the right of the Magistrate or prosecutor to make a similar election. The significance of this in the present case, as we will 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
efer to again later, is that the prosecution, who should be aware of the gravity of the case, can decide from the outset that the case is, or is likely to be, of too serious a nature to justify summary trial and a maximum sentence of 3 years' imprisonment
.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Section 224 sets out the procedure to be followed in a case which is to go to the High Court for trial, namely:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"224. Whenever any charge has been brought against any person of an offence not triable by a Magistrates' Court or as to which the Magistrate\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 is of opinion that it ought to be tried by the (High) Court or where an application in that behalf has been made by a public prosecutor a preliminary inquiry shall be held, according to the provisions hereinafter contained, by a Magistrates' Court, local
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 l\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 y and otherwise competent."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 This provision re-states and therefore reinforces the power given both to a Magistrate and to a prosecutor to decide on a trial in the High Court, and again is not to be regarded as having been amended by the Decree.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 We come t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 hen to s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
222(1) which we have set out earlier. This provides for the case of a trial which has proceeded in the Magistrates' Court to the point of conviction, and the question is as to the circumstances in which the Magistrate may then commit to the High 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Court for sentence. The words used are clear. The Magistrate may do so if, on obtaining information as to the offender's character and antecedents, he is of the opinion that those matters (that is, the character and antecedents) are such that greater puni
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 hment should be inflicted. Clearly this is additional to the circumstances and gravity of the offence, which have by then been established.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Magistrate must decide as a separate matter whether the character and antecedents disclose matters which make t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
he offence a more serious one than the details of the offence itself have already shown.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 We were referred to three decisions of the English Divisional Court in which the provision corresponding to s. 222(1) - namely s. 29 of the Magistrates' Court Act 195\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
2 - was under consideration. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R. v Kin}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 g}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 's}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 L}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ynn}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Justices}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Ex parte Carter and Others}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  [1968] 3 All ER}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 858 was a case in which three men were charged with theft from their employer. In the course of the trial it emerged that, although none \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
of the defendants had any previous convictions, two of them had been involved in thefts from their employer for a long time, and the third was in a special position of trust as second to the Supervisor.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In his jud}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 gment, at p. 862, Lord Parker C.J}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 . said:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 -}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"As I see it, speaking for myself, the expression "character and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 antecedents" being as wide as it possibly can be, justices are entitled}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
to take into consideration in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 deciding whether or not to comm}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 it, not merely previous convictions, not merely offences w\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
hich they are asked to take into consideration, but matters revealed in the course of the case connected with the offence charged which reflects in any}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  way on the accused's character.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Of course, in the ordinary way where justices do their duty under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 19(\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 2) of the Act of 1952,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
the circumstances of the offence which reflect on character and antecedents will already have emerged, and if, notwithstanding that, the justices decide to deal with the case summarily, they cannot take those matters into considerati
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
on again when they are considering committal under s. 29; there must be something more than has been revealed at the stage when they decided to deal with the case summarily. On the other hand where, as in the present case, they have either been persuaded 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
o deal with the case summarily, or have embarked on the summary trial without making any proper inquiry, or without conducting their inquiry as examining magistrates far enough to understand the nature of the case, then, as it seems to me, they are fully 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ntitled to take into consideration those matters relating to the offence which had been}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 revealed at the trial and which do reflect on the character and antecedents."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The other cases cited to us were }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R. v Tower Bridge Magistrate, ex parte Osman}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  [1971] 2 Al}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 l ER}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  1018 and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 v Lymm Justices, ex parte Brown}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 [1973] }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 1 All ER}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  716 but they add nothing to th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid15689923\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e observations of Lord Parker C}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 J set out above.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 We return to the present case in order to determine whether there were matters of character and antecedents \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
which entitled the Magistrate to regard the offence as more serious than the facts of the offence itself disclosed.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 While it was undoubted that the nature of the offence and the way in which it was carried out will have told the Magistrate something of th\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e Appellant's character and although he also had a list of the Appellant's previous offending, he unfortunately said nothing of these matters. What he said was this:-
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"During the trial, the court cannot help but notice an expression of distress from the v\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ictim. This frightening experience is very much noticeable, may still be clearly visible and lingering in her mind.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The victim is a 
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid15689923\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 young lady, with a small figure.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  If she alleges th\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
at she was too frightened to resist, because of her own life which might be taken away unnecessarily, if she gives a wrong decision at that point in time, she is not to be blamed.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The Accused person is a strong man, with a facial expression of a drug addi\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 cted person.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The method applied by the Accused can only be described as despicable and atrocious.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The normal sentence of 5 years imprisonment passed in the lower Court is not sufficient for this horrific crime. The Accused should be placed away from soci\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ety for a very long time. It is recommended that a longer sentence of more than 5 years be imposed by the High Court.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid15689923\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 There can be little doubt that the reason for the Magistrate deciding to commit was solely the gravity of the offence.}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 If there was in h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
is mind something relating to character and antecedents then he certainly did not indicate what that was. Moreover, there would appear to be little in those matters to make the difference between committing and not doing so.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
If the Appellant's list of prev\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ious offending had included sexual offences to which the Magistrate had turned his mind then that may well have been significant, but that was not the case.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 It is inevitable that in any rape case the details of the offence will tell the Court}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 something of\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 the character of the accused. If that were all that was necessary to justify committal then there would be no need for the words under consideration in \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s. \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
222(1) to have been included. We are, however, obliged to give those words\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 some meaning}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid14175261\charrsid6379268 
.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  We can only\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 conclude that they mean information of something additional to the physical details of the offence. A very clear example of this was to be found in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R. v King's Lynn Justices}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  (}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 supra}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ) where it appeared that two of the accused, although not previously convic\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ted, had been stealing from their employer for years.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The decision as to whether, because of the gravity of the circumstances, a case should go to the High Court rather than be dealt with summarily, is one which should be made at the outset or during the 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 trial and this is the reason we have set out the relevant provisions of the Code.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In the present case, it must have become apparent to the Magistrate in the course of the trial, if not sooner, that this was the kind of case in which the maximum sentence o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
f 5 years was unlikely to be sufficient, and particularly in view of the observations of this Court, made a few months earlier, that the starting point for sentencing for rape should now be 7 years (see }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Mohammed Kasim v State}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  FCA No. 21 of 1993, delivered \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 27 May 1994). No doubt there may still be cases in which a term of 5 years or less will be appropriate but they are likely to be increasingly rare.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 We should also expect the prosecution to give closer attention to whether a rape trial should take place in\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  the Magistrates}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid5919170\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 Court or the High Court. While the charge must first be filed in the Magistrates}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid5919170\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Court it is open to the prosecution under s.\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
220 to apply at once for a preliminary inquiry. The prosecution will be aware of the nature of the evidence to \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
be offered and we consider that a deliberate decision should be made in each case as to whether the case is one which is likely to attract a sentence of more than 5 years. In view of what we have already said we consider a decision to accept summary trial
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of a rape charge should rarely be made.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 For the reasons given, and notwithstanding that the gravity of the offence merited the sentence imposed, we consider the Court is obliged to allow the appeal against sentence and to set aside the sentence of 8 years
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ' imprisonment and substitute a sentence of 5 years imprisonment. That be\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ing the opinion of the majority.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The decision of the Court is:
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The appeal against conviction is dismissed.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The appeal against sentence is allowed and the sentence of 8 years' impri\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 sonment is substituted by a sentence of 5 years' imprisonment.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 DILLON J.A.:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I have had the opportunity of considering the Judgments prepared}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid5919170\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 by Quilliam and Thompson JJ.A.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  I agree that the appeal against conviction should be dismissed
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 for the \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 reasons they have stated.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 My decision relates solely to the appeal against sentence of 8 years imprisonment imposed in the High Court by \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Pain J.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I refer firstly to the provisions of s. 220 of the Criminal Code which states as follows:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 -}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"220. If before o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
r during the course of a trial before a Magistrates' Court it appears to the Magistrate that the case is one which ought to be tried by the (High) Court or if before the commencement of the trial an application in that behalf is made by a public prosecuto
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 that it shall be so tried, the Magistrate shall not proceed with the trial but in lieu thereof he shall hold a preliminary inquiry in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained, and in such case the provisions of section 235 shall not apply."

\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 T
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 his section makes provision for three contingencies viz}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid15689923\charrsid6379268 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 -}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 1.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Election by the Magist}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid5919170\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 rate before the trial commences;}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 2.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Election by }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid5919170\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the Magistrate during the trial;}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 3.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid9200856\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Upon application before the trial commences by a public prosecutor for the holding of \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
a preliminary inquiry preparatory to a trial in the High Court. It is to be noted that there are no conditions or criteria imposed on the Magistrate in making the election. He has a discretion unfettered by any constraints but of course to be exercised ju
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 d\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
icially. Similarly there are no conditions precedent limiting any application by a public prosecutor. The character and antecedents of the accused person an issue in holding a preliminary inquiry preparatory to a trial on indictment in the High Court.

\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Con\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 sequently under the provisions of s. 220\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 of the Criminal Procedure Code either the Magistrate or the public prosecutor may elect that the case be dealt with in the High Court rather than summarily in the Magistrates}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid5919170\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Court.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I turn now to consider s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid5919170\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 222 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 f the Criminal Procedure Code which provides\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 :-
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 222.-\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
(1) Where a person, being not less than seventeen years of age, is tried by a resident magistrate for any offence, and such person is convicted by such magistrate of that offence, or of any other offenc\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e of which he is liable to conviction under the provisions of this Code then, if on obtaining information as to his character and antecedents, the magistrate is of the opinion that they are such that greater punishment should be inflicted in respect of th
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  offence than the magistrate has power to inflict, the magistrate may, in\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
lieu of dealing with him in any manner in which the magistrate has power to deal with him, commit him in custody or on bail to the High Court for sentence in accordance with the foll\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 owing provisions of this section.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
(2) Where the offender is so committed for sentence as aforesaid the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:-
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li1440\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
(a) the High Court shall enquire into the circumstances of the case, and sh\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 all have power to deal with the offender in any manner in which he could be dealt with if he had been convicted by the High Court; and
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li1440\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b) 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 if dealt with by the High Court the offender shall have the same right of appeal to the Fiji Court of Appeal as if h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e had been convicted and sentenced by the High Court;
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li1440\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (c) 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the High Court, after hearing counsel for the Crown if he desires to be heard, may remit the accused for sentence, in custody or on bail, to the magistrate which originally committed the accused fo
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r sentence, and thereafter the accused shall be dealt with by such court and shall have the same right of appeal as if no such committal to the High Court had been made."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 This section makes provisions for three possible contingencies viz.\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 :
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 1. Where an ac
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 cused person is convicted by a Magistrate on a plea of guilty\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ;
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
2. Where an accused person is convicted after the evidence has been part heard and a change of plea to guilty has been entered;
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
3. Where an accused person is convicted by a Magistrate after a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  defended hearing.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The question is whether the sentence which the Magistrate may impose in each of those situations is to be determined by reference to "... information as to his character and antecedents ...".
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Firstly on a plea of guilty it will of cour\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
se be necessary for the Magistrate to make reasonable enquiries to obtain that information, since normally such would not have been immediately available to him on a guilty plea.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Seco\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ndly in circumstances where the conviction has been entered part \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 way thr\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ough \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
a defended hearing the Magistrate then has to make an election as to whether he imposes a sentence within his limited jurisdiction or whether the prisoner is committed\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  to the High Court for sentence.
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Once again the Magistrate would usually have to mak\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e further enquiries additional to the information available to him from a part heard trial.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Thirdly in circumstances where a full trial has taken place as in this present case under consideration the complainant has given evidence detailing the gravity of\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 the offence. The accused also gave evidence which was not accepted by the Magistrate.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In such circumstances the trial itself adequately provides the information as to the accused's character and antecedents justifying the Magistrate committing the accuse\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 d
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  to the High Court for sentence.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In my opinion s. 222(1) does not require further investigation by the Magistrate where all the evidence produced at the trial clearly indicates the type of character and antecedents of the accused person.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Magistrate in the present case summarized the evidence upon which he relied for committal to the High Court as follows:-
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"During the trial, the court cannot help but notice an expression of distress from the victim. This frightening experience is very\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
much noticeable, may still be clearly visible and lingering in her mind.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The victim is a young lady, with a small figure. If she alleges that she was too frightened to resist, because of her own life which might be taken away unnecessarily, \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 if she gives }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid5919170\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a wr}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ong decision at that point in time\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , she is not to be blamed.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The Accused person is a strong man, with a facial expression of a drug addicted person.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The method applied by the Accused can only be described as despicable and atrocious.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The normal sent
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ence of 5 years imprisonment passed in the lower court is not sufficient for this horrific crime. The Accused should be placed away from society for a very long time. It is recommended that a longer sentence of more than 5 years be imposed by the High Cou
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Those observations graphically described the seriousness of the rape; they clearly indicated the need for a lengthy deterrent sentence; but more importantly they disclosed the opinion the Magistrate had obtained as to the character of the accused as o
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ne who ".... can only be described as despicable and atrocious".
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Counsel for the Respondent addressed the question of whether a Magistrate after hearing all the evidence at a trial is nevertheless still required to make further or additi}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid5919170\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 onal enquiries as \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 to an accused'}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s character. He put it this way. If the accused in the pr}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid10630603\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 esent case was a first offender,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  of previous good ch}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid10630603\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 aracter,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  and came from a good family background such circumstances independent of the evidence adduced at the trial, would prevent th\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e Magistrate from committing the accused person to the High Court for sentence.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The evidence of the offence described by the Magistrate as "despicable and atrocious" in my opinion was an adequate source of information as to his character i.e. of the accus\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ed. This requirement the Magistrate has fulfilled.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Counsel for the Respondent has referred to two decisions of\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the English Divisional Court which are of considerable assistance since s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid10630603\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
29 of the English Magistrates}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid10630603\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Court Act 1952 corresponds to s.\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 222 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
f the Criminal Procedure Code. Section 29 provides as follows:-
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"Where on the summary trial under subsection (3) of section eighteen or section nineteen of this Act of an indictable offence triable by quarter sessions a person who is not less than sevente\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
en years old is convicted of the offence, then if on obtaining information about his character and antecedents the court is of opinion that they are such that greater punishment should be inflicted for the offence than the court has power to inflict, the 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 c\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ourt may, instead of dealing with him in any other manner, commit him in custody to quarter sessions for sentence ..."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The first case referred to was }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R v. King's Lynn Justices, Ex parte Carter and Others
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  [1968] 3 All ER 858. Lord Parker C.J. in his Judgme\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 nt at page 862 said:-
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"As I see it, speaking for myself, the expression "character and antecedents" being as wide as it possibly can be, justices are entitled to take into consideration in deciding whether or not to commit, not merely previous convictions
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , not merely offences which they are asked to take into consideration, but matters revealed in the course of the case connected with the offence charged which reflects in any way on the accused's character ..."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Again at page 860 of the same Judgement the \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Chief Justice stated:-
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"No one has ventured to la}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid10630603\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 y}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  down, and I do not think this Court would venture to lay down exactly what is comprised in those words character and antecedents}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid10630603\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ;}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 they are wide words..."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 There can be no doubt in my opinion \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 that the evidence heard by the Magistrate in this present case undoubtedly reflected on the appellant's character. His very\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 description of the appellant's conduct clearly illustrated the opinion he had formed from the information he had obtained.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The seco\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 nd case referred to by counsel for the Respondent was }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R. v. Lymm Justices, Ex parte Brown}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 [1973] 1 All ER 716. In this case Lord Widgery C.J. referred to the Judgment of Lord Parker C.J. already referred to and commented as follows:-
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\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6894957 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"Lord Parker CJ was s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 aying in the clearest terms that although it is right and desirable for justices to make as full an enquiry as possible before committing themselves to a decision to try the case summarily, }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid10630603\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 y}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 et if they do not do that, either because they have been over-per\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
suaded by the prosecution, or for any other reason, they can have regard to facts subsequently emerging in deciding whether or not to apply s. 29, and that in my judgment is exactly what the justices did in this case. They discovered after they had agreed
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 to try the case summarily and after the conviction that the applicant was a policeman and had committed these offences when on duty. Those were matters of antecedents for the purpose of s.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid10630603\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 29, as is not disputed, and in my judgment they were perfectly with\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 in the direction given by Lord Parker CJ in deciding to commit under s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid10630603\charrsid6379268 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  29."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9200856 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In my view all the evidence available to the Magistrate in this present case which led to him convicting the accused for a serious rape coupled with the list of previous convicti\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ons admitted to by the accused provided more than sufficient information as to character and information to fully justify the Magistrate committing the accused to the High Court for sentence. S.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid4006174\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
222 does not specify how when and where such information is t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
o be acquired. However evidence presented in the course of a defended trial can be itself of such a quality that no further enquiry is necessary. Certainly in the present case, the description of the seventy of the rape, of itself}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid4006174\charrsid6379268 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  has clearly identified t
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 he view by the Magistrate of the accused's character and antecedents requiring a sentence to be imposed by the High Court.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 There can be no doubt that the Magistrate was influenced by the gravity and severity of the offence. That very fact identifies the c\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
haracter of the accused. No further enquire is necessary. No further information is required.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The conviction for a rape which was described as "despicable and atrocious" more than adequately identifies the informed opinion of the Magistrate and certainly \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
justifies the committal of this to the High Court for sentence.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 For those reasons I disagree with the Judgment of Quilliam and on Thompson JJ.A.s. The procedure followed by the Magistrate in this case was in accord with the provisions of s. 222(1). The gr\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
avity of offence in my opinion merited the sentence of 8 years imposed.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I would accordingly dismiss the appeal.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\langnp2057\insrsid6894957\charrsid6379268 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Appeal against conviction dismissed; appeal against sentence allowed.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
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