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No special circumstances when sentencing a doctor for culpable homicide

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By Donald Dinnie on November 25, 2020

The Constitutional Court in Van der Walt v The State set aside a doctor’s criminal conviction for culpable homicide on the basis of irregularities committed by the regional magistrate, which infringed the doctor’s right to a fair trial.

The conviction was not set aside on the merits. Therefore, whether the doctor’s guilt was proved beyond…

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