PPROSECUTION v. UWAMURENGEYE
The act of beating the deceased on the head with a plank, resulting in her death, demonstrates intent to kill, qualifying the offence as parricide. The judge has the right and duty to reclassify the offence, and the previous judgments are nullified for lack of jurisdiction. The competent court to try the case at first instance is the Intermediate Court of Rusizi.
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- Parricide
- Battery and bodily injuries
- Reclassification of offence
- Jurisdiction of courts