The appellant, together with two co-accused, was convicted in the Regional Court, Pretoria, on four counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances and four counts of kidnapping arising from the same incidents. The kidnapping charges related to the restriction of the victims’ movements during armed robberies. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on each kidnapping count, to run concurrently, and together with the robbery sentences received an effective sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment. Leave to appeal was refused by both the regional court and the North Gauteng High Court. One co-accused was later granted leave by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) to appeal the kidnapping convictions and sentences, while the appellant’s own application for special leave to appeal was dismissed. The appellant then applied under s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act for reconsideration of that refusal, arguing that the kidnapping counts constituted a single continuous criminal transaction ancillary to the robberies, resulting in a duplication of convictions.