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TLI4801 Exam May June Semester 1 2026
QUESTION 2: CRIMINAL PRACTICE
1. Your name is Attorney Vinto. You are drafting a section 105 agreement for your client, Bright
Moon, who is arrested on a charge of assault with the intention to do grievous bodily harm
(GBH).
(a) What does section 105A of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 address? Discuss.
(4)
(b) Name the parties that form part of the section 105A process. (4)
(c) Briefly discuss the sentencing agreement in terms of section 105A of the Criminal
Procedure Act 51 of 1977. (4)
Note: In your answer, you are required to make up facts to supplement the given facts of
the case in so far as your own rendition does not detract from the core issues.
2. Critically discuss this statement: “A party is not permitted to cross-examine their own
witness unless the witness is declared as uncooperative”. You must also refer to relevant
case law in your answer.
(10)
3. The accused instructs you as his attorney that he “is guilty of killing the deceased”. Discuss
your approach in drafting a plea in terms of:
(a) section 112(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 (6)
(b) sections 115 and 220 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 (7)
4. Three suspects, True Grit, Gregor Puyt and Fin Graynor, who are former executives of
Triumph Bank (“Bank” or Triumph Bank”), are arrested and brought to court to face charges
of fraud, theft and bribery. This follows the disappearance of an amount of R500 million
from the Triumph Bank account. The amount represents the deposits made by depositors
and clients into Triumph Bank.
You represent Mr. Fin Graynor, the former Chief Financial Officer of the Bank. Your client
informs you that he was initially approached by one of the co-accused, Mr True Grit, the
CEO of Triumph Bank at the time, to move clients’ deposits from the bank’s accounts and
use it to pay some identified third parties employed by various government departments












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