19850710 TZCA Dar es Salaam

IN Tiill COU11T Oli' APF:1AL 0:B' T UJZ.Al\JIA • A'r rrn:sYA • COil.AVi: -....,..._............ CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 88 OF 1980 Al'IDWELE s/o Jn.IY MWAIPASI..,,.,, .APPELLANT V:8RSUS THE rn::::PUI3LIC •••• , , .. , , • , , •., , • , • , HESPOi'WCNT ( Appoal from tho. conviction of tho Hish Court of 'l',--~nzaniei, at Ivlbcya) (Kimicha, J.) dated tho 26th dzy of Novombor, 1)80 in ...,_ ---..... .- ..... Jt.JTJG...CI'l8N'l1 OF ~---·,......,, 'J.1BE COURT.. - ~ Tho appellant, AnclwGlo Jimy I:1waipasi was chat'go<l. .anil. c,c.in1'1icted in the HiGh Court at 1:Ibcya fQr tho offence of murder c/s 196 of tho Pona.l Cod.0 and w::;,s sontencod to suffer death by hani.ng, IIc wc:w aec~ricvod by tho conviction and sento:ccc, hcnco this appca.i to this cou.:rt• Hr. Datoyunga, learned advocate appoarod for tho appellant in this court whereas Mr. Tcemba, loarnod S.te.f.1:, 14..torllG¥ ~prP-c.:..ontod _t.,bo responclont Republic• Most of the })!'imary and secondary facts in this casu a.re 0itho:i:- oommon ground or indisputod betuoon tho parties. The aP}x,lL:nt and one Rehema d/o .Anyehtiso live'd as husband and wife rcsi1~t;i;~'ly ::i,i; }Iw9.njoJ.,1~ villaio Hithin Mbeya District, in Mbeya B.ogion up to tho 4th ~lj~•l'i.lf 1918. They were however not lawfully married. On tho 3rd April, l'.)7c\ tho so.ld. Rehoma d/o .Anyelwiso persuaded lier bl'othcrf that i3 the third. prosecution witness. (P .Wa~) to r~o Nith hor to Deir os s~.l'.J.am 11,:_,.:,r() ho worked as a policemaii. -It was .::,~;rocd that sho was to moot h:Lm :.t thoir . ' . aunt's house tho following: movni~ rGacly for tho joun'loJ to Dc.:r' ,c:J Salaan,. : ,~~;i l She apparently informed the appellant about this . \ r appGllant saw P.W-3 and verified this info~mation ·I;]:: :t so:·nc :lc:;,- \ ·i·'· of the 3rd April, 1978. Sometimo clurL'\?; th0 nir:;lrt of t~,.) jrc.l/~,t:~ l,:~wil, 197G in tho early morni:i:ie hours, the appellant i:1f'i.ictccl sori.]'i..;s :.:1~"J.rios upon the said Rchoma d/o i1nYi;:ilwiso inside tho roo:;1 1,rJ-10:co ·';hey LJ..d. boon living as husband and wife, Sho dioc.l there soon th0Toc1f'tcr. F.·i.3 o..nd ·i 1 tho fourth prosQ.cution witness rnado sev:e:z>al fruitlcuD at-tempts tr,1 locate J i 2 the· cloce:c1serl at ap'.,elJ.ant •s home j_:,.1 cc,nnoction ui th tho journoy to Dar os Salaam but on every occa,ssion tho ar):pellant inforrnou. r.ti,,3 n.rtd P.W.4 directly ond through their or,1isr~aries that the d.oceasod had. gono to fetch her clothes at some placo. !1'vontualJ.;y P.W.3 c:.:nd P.W.4 bocD.mo s1-:spicious and prossecl the a})JJollant to Oiion tho cloor of hir:; boclroor.1 which was apparently locked. Th0 appellant claimed not to have his koys :::.nd ho asked to bo allowed to c;o and collect the keys front someon~ in tho neigh'oourhood. He was so 3,llowed. IIc disappeared a.n:l never returned. The police wero i:nformed and subsequently t.,40- do.or was broken opon under police supewisioh, Inside t:1e room WClS a bloody sccmc.. and the dead body of the said Hohcma d/o iuzyolwi~so. rl'here was also appellant's knife nearby. Th0 police took tho dead ::,ocl,y of tho dec0aso•J and aj,pella.nt 's knife aHa;r. Subsequently a ,ostmortem examination was conducted by a. govornmont doctor. .A rnc:,nl1unt for tho ;:i,ppelLmt was launched :-.::11d it rGsultod in tho aI'ro,,t of tho appellant ;:i,t utengulo village on the 7th April 1 1978, He resisted arrest lJut was overcome by armed 0 ame. scouts. Later at Igurusi villaeo while beinc takcm to Mboya Police Station, he becarao violent and osca:ped for a while before he was re--arTe.stocl by a crowd of civilians, After h0 h::,rl boon delivered at Police Station Mboya, tho appellant was on the 11th April, 1978 taken :OOfore tho - cigth prosecution uitnoss (P.W .8), a justice of tho pee,ce 7 to whom ho made an ox-'cra-ju:J.icial statement in which ho 2.cli;:iJ.t,ted .lcilliPg the d ~ With ro(';ard t9 matters which are ir.i dispute between "!;he parties it is tho l)rosecution car.,e thc,t the appellant fn:tally attacked the deceaGed to frustrate her arrangement to leavo the appollant and go with her brother to De.r .es·Salaaro, Thus. he had ,'nali~ afornth~ught. 011 tl10 other hanci, the defenc~ case is thai; the dGCOaso<l h2.J l)rOlJG'ht a quantit;y of pullets in thoir homo without. app,:.llan,tJ.e lm;:;-,;lc:dcc; or consent. Whon tho a-,,,iollant ihsistod th2-t sh:3 should rr::r-1ovo Uw . J:.. . . bullets from their heme, a quarrel and a fight In rotdi2,tio11 1 tho a);>c1J.;:i,.nt picked Uj) ,✓ho,t h;::; thou;:_;ht :,,r.c; c:i Gtick but which turneC_ out to bo a knife 2,nd struck the d\:,002,s:d '.Ii th it• rrho first point ·for oonsicteration 2,11-=l clcciDion :i:Gs•;s no d:i,fficul\\cs it is whotheti tho c'J.c:;::.,:ch o:c' t-kp doco::csccl resulted from 'c;l10 a;_)i-,ollnnt 's I-, •OQ.oo •oo'j::e • 3 I sust,-,,inocl a hoe,cl inju;ry. It is tru,Q t:1;c~t whon ho ri1aclo :1is oxtra... judicial statomont on tl10 llth kc)ril? l978 7 -~::1,;i just:j_co gf "GLu _ :1or,oo noticocl a fresh wound 011 2,zJell:::,,nt 's head. 'I'l::.o quostior.. r.risos vi~1ut~1or this wound was sustaino::l by- tho aJ.)J'Olla.nt on t:w 1.]:th AJ)ril 7 1..)713 -;,kon tho deceased cliod. ',Jo aro cf tllo consic1orcd viow on t:iu ovido:.1cr;i ·c:c.::;G t:.10 fresh woulcl notocl by tho justiq.o of tb.c pOc)QO on tho ll,i;h ..:.)rU 7 1978, could not have bGen sustained by tllo e,;,:_;ulJ.a;;.:rt ;;:;oven I' -~rs 0:,,rlicr on tl1e 4th A:::iri1 1 1978. A soven-.cloys olC:~ iw1.mcl cnnnot bo s,,ivl ·cc bo frosh. Tho appcll2. nt must have sustained. H some d2c;Ts a:fto:r t:1,; 1.t:;ath of the deceased. Tho ovid.onoo sho•,rs t.hdc tllor,"l wq,s ovo~' lil:::ilil1ood for tho thoso ctrcur,1stc.:ncos and such 1rFoU11d would st ill lJo rnet - the Tho Justico of tl1v po2-ce e,J.::-10 no-c~c·:.;c1 2, ~cc:ond ·;r(·,v.-,_) of su:,,orfieial 1:Jol:.ncls on his Hmos ,~ncl cJ:J,oock. Ii; is l').ot r3ur:_-;risi:Qg ·l:i.112,t, who:1 P.'.T.3 e:.nd ?.:J.4 founcl -the aIJ'.;e:J.lr,,nt at his homo in ·cho morning of tho 4th ~;_-)r:i.1 7 197 8, ;:his ha.11.cls 211.cl 11:,:;s ~rore Hot c,r.l lJD l:1.ad been Wa$hinc; l1inmclf 1 ;. '..Te think cm th:; 0v:i,c'i.oncu tl1-0 i:1.,) ;oll,;;:1t must hrwe w~shod aw2;7 tr,~cos of blood fror,1 ::1is lii;1b,s to avcicl s1.u:;:-·,icioti. Fur.tl10rmor·9, tl-,.o medical ovLlon,co show::: th,-;!; tho cl.cc., c..,;o.~ nufferecl tHC!lty- two c-µ.t i-rou:.n.1 9 O:.'.-). l}o:r lJocl.,Yo Tho ari:_;oJ.1211.t on h;i.c ·,,::-;:··t surJtaillQd. 1'!4vb!r'el superficie,l vro1.m,7..s oi1 llis limbs c'llLl cl1ecck. Clo-~rly i:''' t:10re \1~ a. ft&;~, ro,}..sond)le limits. Ho one can cut up anothor t1t011t~r-ttrn times with 2, l:n:i.fe ,,_nd sti.1.l think ho is usil'l(s a stick! 'J:lho ns,turo and numbor of those cut wou.ncls establish beyond doubt th2:t the 2,:,:_)olL,,nt hc:..cl malice afor0t~_o-u;_;~:.t in llo w~,s thore;fore ~)roporly convictod. -_;,::; iismiss