UBUSHINJACYAHA v MUNYAKAZI N’ABANDI
The Supreme Court found that the High Court erred by disregarding credible evidence of a conspiracy among the accused to commit murder, arson, and aggravated assault against Sifa Célestine's family, motivated by ethnic discrimination. The Court held that the pattern of discriminatory acts, corroborated witness statements, and the circumstances of the crime established both the conspiracy and the substantive offenses. The Court also found sufficient evidence that Munyamahoro Innocent and Hitimana Jean de Dieu committed ethnic discrimination. The Court imposed the highest penalty for the most s…
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- Conspiracy
- Murder
- Arson
- Aggravated assault
- Discrimination
- Revision for miscarriage of justice