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fL. I "'7'(.•' IN T □ CCL::n' OF l:PFE:.L OF T.1.NZ..il1IA ,, filliL.:i,r, cJ. , :a. '.r::.Drutr, J. :,_. , ::.nd J.1).PIG~ro, c:;.u::tc:1:Ii.:L .P.t:m.:1, l~O. 56 OF 1992 11mr-;rnr 1mn A iW J3L'a..:.. • • .. .. . .. . • • • JiPP!ll'.J..lj_7r .!iID TEE :i.:ZPUllIC. .. . ..... (;:.pposl f:i.•om t~.o conviction of tho !iig)J. Court of Tm-iza1u.r. at K'Usotna) (Sokulo, , J •.) dctod tho 2211d day of 1fovombor, 1991 Jl.:1Xil':fil"'.T OF J..-::::J COL'T:rr' This is a case of doublo lllUl.--dcr. and .his wife Jonoi-,wvcr were brutc,lly dona to do~th in tho nieht wf 14'bh/15th 3cptombcr1 1985, in the I-:i.'.Soma Township. Jcnorovo:: was fo.znd. dcoo. jn a pool of "blood ins ido th:: couplo I s house at Hyakat o, i-rhilo tho dcr.d body of Fa.trick ,11•.a cl.iscovorod a kihmot;:-c auay, I-i is cvj#ont tb.at the oou:plo was killod by be.ndi ts 1-1!10 :re.idcd tho:i.r houao in \J.:.r.t l"liel1t and tb.ct Potrick 1-;e,e killed "biJ the ~a:ndi ts dto:r boing tr.ken forcibly from tl.:(, ::.ouac o:r ~rl:.cn b.o m~s t;i"Ving .. ----- . theeo.-.--It is "'1:-.lso· oVidont t~ct the injt-.:r.ics tbo coUj_)lo susteinod on the ho.:ds uc:.:-o iirflictod by a shc:,1) 1rcapon•. The bandits mado o.1n:y uith clot:'.::os, o "blanket, " oos<1uito in his posscs.sj.on on -.:.o<>oun-t...:oLhis cr.r_;;,loymont. . • ••.•/2 r, i, /. 2 ·••' Tho Cl):poll2nt Ii:wita- 'lk.mburc. m,,s c::.o.z-god with tho nru.......cJ.ors of tho couple on tw0 counts c.nd t;;:-iod by the High Courl sitting llJ.thouch the p:.:-osocution p:,:,odu.cod -no cyo witness to r-. tho inoidorrt the learned tric.l ju~co, 5okulo, J., in a·c~cful judgment, m:s of the opinion tl:lat thoz,e wo;:-o throe pz-L-icipal piocoa of cz-od:i.blo ovi<fcnoo that ostc:;blishod tho follctrinG f.:.cts1 (s) ilhot the ro.idoi•s wo,~o :prosooutil'l(.. a. common doaien i.e. 1•obboti1 th) tb.a,t tt.oiZ' ·common design extended to ovorytb.ing which i.1 fcot occurred in tb.o course of tee raid; (c) thnt the murdoz-s iro::::-e .: •) r' l > (. fOIIBllitted in the course of tl:o raid;· and (d) t!l.&t the ap1,ollent :1 ~ 'I-ms a pai.-t~r to the rc2id end tho mtu•dorso r: j (. I~ l ; T~o_.fi:;:st piece of ovidenco. pe:..ot c.ined to the a:,pollant I s t :possession of tho articles that .-re:.:'e stolen :fro;;i t~.e c0uplo' s (•. house a few hours after tb.o r..:id. Tncz-o wes credible cvidcrico that tl:c ap:,;ioll,mt accomp.:.niod by t1·ro othoz- mon ub.o ovi::dod a...""Tost brought tho stolon ill'ticlos to tl:..o hou.so of PH.2 Nyamtondo in tho nitht of tho re.id. Semo cf tho m'ticlos woro.- blood-steined. Thero lr&s also· erodible evidence that tho trio· came to thc:t pl~cc carrying two pcnges, clso blood,,,e1u:iinod1 1:.11d n lC'lifo. In affect tho appellant failed to o.x:plain to tl10 Cou...-t hem ho eoquircd tho pcssossion of the stolon (;Ocd.s. U;.1doz- ow criminel +v.w tho uno:x:plcinod possoss~on b-J rm cccusod po:;.•son of th.: fruits cf a crime :..•ocently afto:;:, it has 1;con com1itod is proSUIIll)tivo ovidcnec ,-ednst tl:e accused net only en tl·_o c::.1c2rgo cf t:,oft or ___ _'·•,. .I ·- ------ rocoivine- uith guilty kncwlcdec, bt!t of mr:,r aggravdod critic like murder as uoll, 11l1cn thoro is rec.sc;1 fo-;,: concludini th2.t such ---... ·~aggravated ·... c.nd mine:;:, •. CZ'imoe wore committed in tl:o sOJDo t:;:,a-isaction. :;:.m. the ·f<?cc of tbis ..prosumption is t-ro2.tly strongtho..;cd if tho prcporty c~s--0£ a ~·-of misoollatioous~.c...""!;iclcs. " ... "\\' ' •••• /3 ( \ t ~~~!r:i:~,~;~~~J'~:!i--~ -~•~?'If, f "-!~-- •\ , ~ ,'• . j 'I • ·, 't 3 p Tho second pioco of evidence ,i<'S tho r,;ppollant 1 s possession of-tho bluod--atcincd woopcns ,-1fct~b;.1S ,bfo!: 11c::o eminently -cc,patlo of i..'1.fliotir.c wou,-ids of tho ki;'ld thr,t t:10 dococsod cou::;ilo susteinod• The tb.:i.;:-d pioco c1 ovidoncc m~s tho conduct of tilll appellant uhon ho uas confronted by tho nei€).1'l:.01.irs of P:1.2 in U.o following mornir..g. It wc:s in ovidonco thct u::;ion :;:-odizing thct ho was about to be cpproaonclod he promtp~• fetched tb.o stolon @lll from tho · house of Pi'r.2, gntao::od tli.o other stolon ~tiolos a1n tl•on took to his l;.ools, th::odonin£, to shoot his pw~suO!'s ,nth tl:.o gun• .r.icco:::-dil'Jf:l:,r, tilll lccrnod j'l.-rl.fo convicted tho c:3,11:iolknt on both cou..--its. T:,.o jud&:o ucs fully m·Tr,:-~c that under OUL' lcw ho uas o'blitod to :;_)css c scr.tonco of clor.t:1, uticv. is mc11lic:t OX"J, on 01'll.y ono count. So ho pronounced t:10 sontonco in t!:.o follotrLl'lC to:rms1- '1,:,ritc. 1fo.mi"UZ'c,, I hc.vc, fo1.md you guilty cm 1 convicted you of tuo 001.\.,.,ts of murder ••• ...• I ho:roby sontonco you to sclfor dodh by l12niine until you dio i:1 ;:,ospoct of the i:n.u.'Cl.or of Jonorovor ,,/o Pr.t:riok Tyonyi. You m:o so sontoncod. 11 It ·is to be obso...""'fod t!i.:.t tho lll\U.'dor of Jonorovcr ucs tl:.o subjoct.- mottor of tllo-socond count. Tho cp::_)olJ.e,nt he.a c.ppcalod to us CGeinst tho doo:lsion of tho tricl judto. On his bohc.lf Lr. _Hu&crcbe,mu, lc!.'J.'nod cdvoccto, filed faro grou..'"lds. Eol·,ovor nt tho stcrt of hor!ring 12. J.tl(;c:irebamu- cnnotmood t:.:c:t 2,o m·,s. droppint: c,no of t:.,.o grounds, end tllis did' nat come to us cs c surprise, given tho cbundruwo m'ld. <2.uc.lity of tho mct~icls on record • • •••• /4 _, '.) ,~~_;;'!~~AAf'-',t'fJo''~tt ~ ~ ~'8.-1•~:.t,.~~""~ ... "" "'\ i, ~"1t t•·~ .• •:i ··~ ·/,,,'r:~'?/t'I';,·: . .:·-:~ ~~;. '. ' ,· .' , "' . ~ I • • ;./ I >~~~' ' •> 4 ,- ., Tho c;ro1.~-id thd :cone.ins to bo considered is tb.c.t ·11 if tho conviction on Count lfo~1 1-:::ia sOUJ.'ld tb.e;co m::a no plcusii:ilo r.oc:,son ' 't-rby tho lc::::-nod judf,c ·chose to sentel1Cc tl:.e c.l)polla-rl. to suffer :i:n his short cd.d.z'oss K:;:. lluecrabcmu !ms Illcldo two points in that rcccrd. T!:.c firs:f; point is th.d tho t:.:-icl juq:c orrod tit.on ho pcssod scmonoo 0:1 tho second count. In his submission the ju.cieo should hevo pcssod tho aontenco 011 tho first count instoc,d. In anslTor to c question from tho t.:mch II:-:~· Jlugerabrunu hes roc.d.il;r concodod tb.ct t::.:.erc in 110 bonofit tb.ct will oni:ru:·o to tr..o .:p:;,ol12nt- if 1rc sustc.i~1 this poi:1.t. Tt.o sec01-id point is 2 soQ.uol to t;~.o first 1"l1'i it is that tho ju.d(o I s chcioo to l;.cnd d~m tho so11tci:1.oo on tLo r.1coond ooui'lt is indioctive of c. stcto of mise,ivine; in t1:,.e judfo 1 s :mbd c.bout t!:.e g1.ult cf tho c,ppollcnt on tl:o · fi.rst count. li'o c.[7oo uith lJ.r. Mused., lo.::rnod Sein.or stcto .ittornoy irho resisted tho cy:r.:iod, end hold \thd tb.e:;:o is no substcnco in tb.o \ two :points :c::.iscd ~ l•~• lhl£crcbc.Iilu. lfo !::1ci,1 that in most oc,scs ~- .. ----- . whore mo:;:c t~c,11 ono count of m'¥c:.- b.cvo boon. ch.crc;cd, e.-id . convictions ontorod on . two or mdi:e 00\.1.i.-its, tho prcotioo h.:,s boon 1 . to iIJposo t!:.o docth sontonco . in respect of tho fi:.-st of such \ . conviotio11a •. It seems to un, however, t!:.ot thc,t is simply c 1:10tti,r of fo:.-L1 or uont .. Thero is no :ri.'.lc lrhiol1 mdccs it obli{;cto:.-;r· on . tho Court to l:.c.:'ld out tho sonto...-icc i?,1 1·ospoct of thC> finrt t,onviotion, c.nd it is 11ot ow do0i:co to c:;:or.to one. In 0\1.1' viow tl:io ohoioo of uhioh oount to poos tho scntonoo on iB a t1c,ttor which is better lof't to the discretion. of the tricl jlldge. Rocd..iDg tho tricl. judgment it is clom- to us tbzt tb.o judge wcs· loft in 110 rereonr,blc doubt r,s tc tllc: (;,Uilt .,of the -c,ppcllcnt;·., on both ..coun:ta. ..!r.l:.is J,a . .L.OIT he concl1,uic.d.:. tho jud.f;mo:rrt 1- . ----...... /5