CPR3701 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 1 2025 - DUE March 2025

CPR3701 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 1 2025 - DUE March 2025; 100% TRUSTED Complete, trusted solutions and explanations.Four assailants, A, B, C and D are engaged in an armed robbery at Shiny Things, a jewellery store located inside the Mall For All shopping centre in Kimberley, Northern Cape. During the ensuing fracas, a firefight ensues, as the security guards employed by the shopping centre attempt to foil the robbery. A is arrested inside the jewellery store by F, one of the security guards. However, B, C and D manage to escape with an undisclosed amount in fine jewellery and cash. 1. B and C are subsequently arrested two weeks later in Cape Town, Western Cape, in the process of committing another robbery. (a) Briefly state the court(s) (according to the hierarchy of courts, not the location) which should enjoy trial jurisdiction in respect of the charges set out above, and the reason why the case may be heard in the jurisdiction(s) concerned; (3) (b) Critically evaluate which court should enjoy jurisdiction over A, B and C, in light of the facts set out above. (4) 2. In terms of section 35(3)(d) of the Constitution, and section 50 of the Criminal Procedure Act, an arrestee must be brought before court as soon as reasonably possible. B and C (the accused) were arrested on Tuesday at 10h00, and detained at the Cape Town police station, whilst awaiting to be transferred to Kimberley, to be joined with A in respect of the robbery committed in Kimberley. Inspector Nosey Kekana only brings the accused before court on Friday (of the same week), at 15h00. The accused subsequently challenge their detention as unlawful and