Mob attack on security personnel results in affirmed convictions

Court of Appeal upholds the convictions of individuals involved in a brutal mob attack on security personnel enforcing a High Court repossession order. The original trial, which took place over several months, centered on the admissibility of video evidence and the legality of search warrants. The appellants' convictions for assault, false imprisonment, and other charges were affirmed, with the court rejecting arguments that the evidence was inadmissible or that the jury should have been discharged. The court emphasised the importance of focusing criminal trials on the issue of guilt and avoiding unnecessary examinations of police procedures that are irrelevant to the constitutional mandate of a jury trial.