bakari mwalimu vs republic 1987 tzca 74 18 february 1987

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF TANZANIA AT DAR ES SALAAM CORAMJ MUSTAFA, J . A . ; MAKAME, J .A . AND: OMARt J .A + ....... CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 41 ©P 4986 BAKARI MWALIMU.................................... APPEliLANT V e rs u s THE REPUBLIC............... 7 '................... RESPONDENT (A p p e a l fro m th e c o n v i c t i o n Of The High C o u rt o f T a n za n ia a t Mtwaya (Msumi, J ) d a t « d 1 6 th J a n u a r y , 1985 in Cy^wip a l S e s s i o n s C^sa No. 4 ^ ° * ,1^ 8 -i JUDGEMENT 07 THE COURT ggq<KMiA' The a p p e l l a n t w s i » o * n b y tw o w i t n e s s e s i n b * o a d d a y lig h t ; s la s h i n g a t th e d a # e a »e d who wag i n f r o n t o f h e r h o u se w ith a panga c a u s in g th e im m ed ia te dea^> o f t h e d e c e a s e d . A c c o r d in g t o th e p o s t m oreen s e p o r t t h e r e was a d s « p f u t On th e b ack o f th e h ead o f th e d e c e a s e d , on th e o c c i p i t a l r e g i o n and d e a th was dua t o sh o ck and b le e d in g a r i s i n g fro m th e s k u ll and b » a i n I n j u r y . Tl\e a s ta tic was c o m p l e t e ly u n p rovok ed and no w o*ds wejre u t t e r e d o r a c t ^ p p t l9 b y th e d e e e e ie d b e f o r e sh e was s la s h e d b y th e a p p e ll a n t * T h era was some rum our i n th e v i l l a g e t h a t th e d e c e a s e d was a r e p u te d w i t f h , and i t w as p r o b a b le t h a t th e a p p e l l a n t had b e l i e v e d t h a t th e d e c e a s e d had c a u s c d th e d e a th o f th e a p p e l l a n t 's b r o t h e r who d ie d o f a snaka b i t e som etim e b e f o r e tihe a p p e l l a n t 's a t t a c k on th e d e c e a s e d . ^|he t r i a l Judge p o n v ie t e d th e a p p e ll a n t o f m u rd er. The a p p e l l a n t o f f e r e d n o d e f e n s e and o p te d t o rem ain s i l e n t . The t r i a l ju d g e r i g h t l y r e je c te d any d e f e n c e o f p r o v o c a t i o n due t o w i t c h c r a f t b e c a u s e i n h i s w o r d s , " t h e r e had b e e n no tim e when d e c e a s e d p e rfo rm e d an a c t o f s o ^ e e r y i n th e p r e s e n c e Of th e a f # u s e d " , p re su m a b ly a t o r j u s t b e f o r e tJie^Cafcal a t t a c k . Th^s i s a c is a jr c a s e o f m urder and we d ism i,*# th e a p p e a l , DQN5 a t DAR ES SALAAM t h i y 18th <Jqy 0* F e b jr u a f/, ;9 8 7 . A. MUSTAFA JUSTICE OF APPEAL ----------------- — L.M . MAKAME JUSTICE OF APPEAL A .M .A . OMAR JUSTICE OF APPEAL ^ <4«yrtify t h a t t h i s i s a t r u e c o p y o f th e o r i g i n a l . </- Y ' / (J .H . MSOFFE) DEPUTY REGISTRAR