UBUSHINJACYAHA v MUSAFIRI
Musafiri Placide filed his notice of appeal within the statutory period but failed to submit the required grounds of appeal within that period. The subsequent detailed submissions by his counsel, filed more than three years later, were not admissible as they were not timely and no valid justification for the delay was established. The COVID-19 pandemic did not constitute a sufficient obstacle to timely filing. Therefore, the High Court correctly rejected the late submissions, and the conviction and sentence remain in force.
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- Appeal deadlines
- Sexual offences against minors
- Admissibility of late submissions
- Burden of proof
- Covid-19 procedural impact