SBG 5887/2016

This case involved if there was sufficient evidence of the criminal element in the crime of holding counterfeit currency.

Background

The office of the public prosecution filed a case against a defendant before the court. They requested the court to penalize the defendant for holding counterfeit currency.

The defendant claimed that she was not ware of the nature of the currency and that she had received it in exchange for a job she did.

Decision

The court considered the documents of the case. The court said that the documents revealed that the criminal element did not exist in the defendant's case.

The court acquitted the defendant.

The court of appeal upheld the ruling.