Facts
The appellant was convicted on the strength of a co-accused's confession together with independent testimony of witnesses who were in one way or another involved in the transaction. On appeal.
Held: (i) Conviction cannot be based solely on a confession by a co-accused. There B must be, in addition, other independent testimony to corroborate it.(ii) evidence of a person who has an interest to serve also needs corroboration as such it cannot be used to corroborate other evidence.
Obiter: The purposes of reading over a charge sheet to the accused are, inter alia, to allow the magistrate an opportunity to correct any errors apparent on the charge sheet lest they embarrass the accused person.
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