In Brief
A woman appealed against the acquittal of six men accused of attacking her son, who died the next day. The trial court had acquitted them, finding the prosecution's evidence unreliable—eyewitnesses were inconsistent, the appellant's presence was unproven, and forensic evidence was inconclusive. The High Court upheld the acquittal. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding that once acquitted after full trial, an accused gains a fortified presumption of innocence that can only be reversed if the trial judgment is perverse and unreasonable. Here, no perversity was found, and all evidence had been properly considered by the trial court."
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