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CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION RECORDED ON PLEA OF GUILTY - GENERAL PRINCIPLES - where appellant pleaded guilty to one count of carnal knowledge of a girl under 16 years and on a separate indictment to one count of producing and supplying a dangerous drug – where appellant sentenced to five years imprisonment suspended after serving twenty months with an operational period of five years – where 519 days already spent in custody was deemed time already served – where appellant appeals against conviction for unlawful carnal knowledge claiming he pleaded guilty at trial on the basis of incorrect information – where date of appellant's appeal has already been delayed and adjourned on two previous occasions - where appellant cannot be contacted as has not provided a current address or contact details and did not appear at his appeal – whether appellant's plea of guilty at trial resulted in a miscarriage of justice