The appellant, an acupuncture and acupressure practitioner, was charged with five counts of using criminal force with intent to outrage the modesty of the complainant during the course of an acupuncture and acupressure session. The appellant conducted his own defence. During cross-examination, he badgered the complainant so relentlessly that she cried on two occasions. He refused to answer direct questions from the court on the relevancy of his cross- examination tactics or to submit to judicial control of his courtroom antics. In the middle of the trial, he arranged for an unknown person to tap the prosecuting officer’s shoulder and to leave the courtroom immediately thereafter. He then told the magistrate that the person was a retired judge of the High Court whose presence was a great honour to the magistrate. Upon being convicted, he interrupted the magistrate with statements such as “you have done me a lot of injustice”, “there is no justice in the system” and “the law is blind”. The magistrate convicted the appellant on all five charges and sentenced him to a total term of 18 months’ imprisonment and 4 strokes of the cane. The appellant appealed against both his sentence and conviction. Held, appeal dismissed, sentence varied to a total of 27 months’ imprisonment + 10 strokes of the cane: The circumstances merited a harsher total sentence than that originally ordered. The appellant had held himself out as an acupuncture and acupressure specialist with degrees from several universities and had preyed upon the complainant under the guise of playing doctor.