ORDER

Trafficking in small amount of heroin (Diamorphine) 1 year suspended for 3, plus fine of Rs10000.

Trafficking in small amount of Cannabis herbal material-Sentence Rs10000.

Possession of minute amount of Cannabis resin-sentence  Rs2000.

GOVINDEN J

1. In this case the two convicts were charged as follows on the 2^nd December 2017.

Count 1

Statement of offence

Conspiracy to commit the offence of importation of a control drug contrary to Section 16 read with Section 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 2016 and punishable under the second schedule of the said Act. 

BURHAN J

1. The 1^st convict Elvis D’ Unienville pleaded guilty to the charge of being in possession of a quantity of 0.14 grams of Cannabis Resin.

2. The 2^nd convict Dwen Crispin pleaded guilty to the charge of Trafficking in  a quantity 59.8 (pure quantity 24.9) grams of Heroin.

DODIN J.

[1]        The Appellant S E stands convicted of one count of sexual assault contrary to Section 130(1) read with Section 130(2)(d) of the Penal Code and has been sentenced to a term of 6 years imprisonment.

TWOMEY CJ

Background facts

[1]        On 20 August 2018, an Ethiopian Airline flight from Addis Ababa landed in Seychelles. On board was the accused person, one Emerenthia Bianca Holder, a 28-year-old female passenger and the holder of a South African passport, who had travelled from Johannesburg via Ethiopia to Seychelles. She had in her possession two pieces of luggage: a pink suitcase and a black and pink backpack.