andeh philip vs the republic 1987 tzca 37 15 september 1987

:o u r ? Of ./ A.T h h J G h h (con.-i; s hg. J ,-i T''— ;. -L- — i.;,t .,7- ' GF 1: • • • • "OnC UC vj"— « • « al fro:- tn 3 c o n ; _cn o ”~Ii,glr_ C ourt of 'r£ 3 a.::_ia at < rt- \ Or.ua l^-tn ;".ay oj .aP O 1 ' uO riirinal u io n s o £ c e i io, JUDG3K314T OF ■ »p ;w-TU. r. ~..ha X r TT^n L'-vJ'•>>-i.i/-_’ -t\^/■ _o OT •1f-« a o e a-;^ellant ~ra Cil CiTT* ^r-. ~/a£ cor7ic;sa o j.oo nans lau^ht er on 1^ .3 •p^ nn \;ne High. Court, The a:; el -5- ?-. Ci. X ! "'./X r;s o e r c o n at n i g h t on 2 5 .1 2 . 0 1 he course of tl~ T nit the r-[SC e a £ cl, a y o u n g -oRccer-Dy, oy acci:;e: "ecsappfl d i e d £ f ©■•:/ lave l ater ac a recult of a 3a hull v/hich j_n int er c r a m a5.1 h a e n o r e are .ant ha d b e e n properly convicted, eye-i/U l-no .. . .<. L'r caw t . o fight a n d the i n jur y cause c ■Oi deceased. P."7.3 a n d 7. '.5 * two CiX £3ZLn o8I8G , j 3L n 3IL ours of the a-' a ? t?- -were a p p r o a c h e d b y the a-; e l i a ~ t ;ne Oj 'C>'7"d incxcien-4v- , ‘Co i n t e r v e n e vjith th aeceasec and the a p p ellant /and ofi'ersd to pay fo .caj 1 ennenses ~*fs.ich vere n e e d e d it -JB.D an u n f o r t u n a t e incident, but the evidence e s t a b l i s h e d clea r l y tli :ne r:ellant 'was 'or tlie cleatn o:: c sac ec /? 2 - The appellant hovrevc in police and prison custody for about k-j y e a r s before he was sentenced by the **t • ._-r. /-< 1 r~\- , r-igr, vouri . tnai jucge seiiteuoe:'. the appellant to 3 ’ / ears irrrriconnent • K r . I.usei for the appellant has s u ~»--3~ v q ■ — 0--*au s on cencg ^ cno c ^ ^ r c ^ ^c— l c s g ^ v & s excessive. K r • l.'.le^ra for the ■■'epuhlic arrses. e are cf the Sc.:;e v i e w . . 7e do not thinh the trial jud^re had .given sufficient ccncicerovhon to the long’ p e r i o d the appellant had been in custody before he %/z .g tried and sentenc s d . T a k i n g all the cir cu:v.atances into considera.tion we disniss the a ~eai against conviction, hut we will reduce the sentence of inprioonnent innosed on the appellant to such terra ac will result in the a ppellant ’s i: n.ediate reisase f r on. pr is o n . DnT3_} at VhlUGnh this 15th day of G-apt sr.il sr, 19C 7 L. K. I:P-/.hILh i-±.^ 0 0 LJ.-j ^ x certify that this xc a true c o ‘:y cf the c"'itg i n a l