Arshad Mahmodd Chatha v The Queen - SC 56/2006

Criminal – appeal against convictions and sentence – fair trial – whether search and seizure giving rise to theft charges was illegal and unreasonable – whether District Court Judge could be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt on those charges – whether sentence of community work properly available – competence of counsel in District Court – alleged predetermination and bias in High Court – whether applicant given adequate opportunity to put his case in High Court and Court of Appeal.CRI 2005 454 22 1 July 2005