To succeed in convicting an offender of murder, the prosecution is required to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the act of the accused which resulted in the death of the deceased fell within the circumstances set forth under section 316 of the Criminal Code which defines the offence of murder. They are:
The provision of section 1 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 does not require that the acceptance of the sum must be ‘payment in a transaction’ but rather provides that no person shall make or accept cash payment in excess of the sum N 5,000,000.00 or its equivalent, except in a transaction through a financial institution.
ON WHEN A FINDING OR DECISION IS PERVERSE
A finding or decision is characterised as perverse where:
(a) It runs counter to the pleadings and evidence on record; or
(b) the trial court took into account matters which ought not to have been considered; or
(c) the trial court turns a blind eye to the obvious circumstances of the case before it; or
(d) legal principles are wrongly applied to correctly ascertained facts.
