The appellant was convicted in the Eastern Cape High Court on, inter alia, one count of robbery and one count of rape arising from an incident on the night of 30 November–1 December 2002 in Port Elizabeth. The complainant, a woman in her early twenties, was abducted at gunpoint by two men, taken to a shack, robbed and raped. She was the sole witness identifying the appellant as one of her assailants. The appellant was unknown to her prior to the incident and was arrested more than a year later, in February 2004. Identification occurred when the complainant was taken to a police station, informed that the suspect had confessed, and then asked to look at the appellant alone rather than at a formal identity parade. The appellant denied any involvement and raised an alibi of non-presence, stating that due to the lapse of time he could not recall his whereabouts. The High Court and Full Court accepted the complainant’s identification and rejected the appellant’s version.