Oliver, Lawrence and Dwayne Oliphant v R

Criminal Law-self defence-judicial interventions-whether descending into the arena-duty of trial judge when dealing with discrepancies and inconsistences in the evidence-constitutional right to a fair trial within a reasonable time-pre-trial delay-appropriate remedy for pre-trial delay-common design-joint enterprise-whether the lesser offence of manslaughter was appropriately left to the jury-whether sentence of 12 years for the offence of manslaughter manigestly excessive for secondary party-Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, section 16(1), (6) and (8)