19880530 TZCA Dar es Salaam6

,. . A']) HBErA _.:-~; MAUME,·;i_,a,._s;~~-·-it,A·•'_~a,:wt• J1AJ • CRl~AL. AnEAI,_NO. 54 OF !987. VERSUS ·THE REPUBLIC •••• , •••••••••••••••. - (Appeal from t h e - ~ ~ o.t'>t;be ·. High Court of Tanza~ia a~ Il:iliga) - (Mtenga~ J.) dated tile 1st-day oto April, '1987 in· JUDGMENT QF TH.E OOURT- • ,,. - MAKAME. J ~A 1 : -. · Thia is ap appeal by RICHARll MSOOOYA 1'hor w.a oo:wimne.d. ~ . death b;., thE: High Courl sitting at ll:inga,. ( ~ , J.)., The . / appel.lant, was found to have l!Ul:de,:e,ii his matai::nal. \m~e by baoking him w~th a panga. He ini'lioted upon the-4~o.eas~d a number o£ severe inju.rie&~ incl~ding a i'raoture of the skul-'1:-. The cause of · death was shoclc:: resulting from the multiple injuries •. Be!ore ·us the appellant was rep~aet)~Q. by Mr. l:wakilaaa,. -·-••' ·'"Iearned.~sel. Advocating for· the responde:Q.t :Rap:..iblic was ?1t'. Kapirlga, lea.med State Attorney• ...• Mr. Mwakilasa conceded that the k~l1.ng was. done by the alppeliant and.i'm~oaci 'aay.-li&ht-. He valiantit wont on to- suggest ttlat the appellant ought -to have been committed to a ~ntal institution so as to· dete.rmine the state of his mental health ·at the ~terial time,.. Ml:-. Mwakilasa•s two reasons tor the B\l6gestiQ11 were tbat'ithere was no· appaf'Ei'nt reason for the killiilg r- and secondly that,· ·af~er the killing, tbe _appellant did uot 111:y t°' escap·e from the village.,. . ~- ·: · .. ·"-{">f~, ,, .. .,. ,. . M:.. 1'sp:!.nga submj.tted ~t.. tin.a waa a clear· case 0£ nurcln .,,t.?~: ' ~ -- . '. ·>:· ....~ in 'Wb.ich the dei'enoe. of Insanity was: ne-itb_ei-•rai.sed n~ av"$U&~f:·; J'.,;~ • , ' ~. l 7 • ' ..L••,1:1J•~~•·., .• ".l,'lle~ was nothil:ig :l.n tb.e .a~Uazit•• be~1o¥ and oondu.ct _t~t ).,...•;_"'.:"".... "4 would suggest that he was. other_ than sane. We think that Mr .. Mwakilasa. properly made the_ COJ?,~~40ll ' _: ~ ~ ~ . ·, ..... ·• he made: the appellant's assertion at the t~ial that h~- pid not . . _attack the deoeased end did n,o,t.. even see him on the materia;t ·day was quite absurd .. U: t~ _£~~~ 0£, the evide_no~. · ·- g:iven-agains~.:.h~ · · }~~l< - ·-~ ·:- . .~. : :·. ·r.•il Between them, the testimony•Gf the three women: .l"',1'!~1 DAV!DIKA ><~~t MALENGA, P.W •.3 CECILIA SEKAND~, and_ ~•W,4 SCOPIOZA -~T~,---~-- . __::_·(~~-- establtahed beyond doubt that t.lle .appellant overtook them on the .:. · · . . ' . • • -·~ _....~ •. : .... ·°"'j., . ,,. -,.'. :..i-,,..,,. way, caught up wi tll the. decease~ whom he felled I t~ th.e g.round_,, .end),':f:, : ·:,:.,.. t ,.\l.f prooeede4 to cut hinl, ,Th~re was also evidence· 'tha"t the appellant.· -,.·:,-:, . '> ' ... ~-. ~1.;.,-•. led the Police to his house wher~ he gave them a panga _and a-~~.t)M both of which proved to oe soiled with human blood. I \ , • _: )\-:):(,_ . .\ ~- ,;~r-··. No motive for the killir)6 was brought out in- the evidence but · /~-: . . . . ".! l. .,..t.-... of course none ·had to be established in order to ground a cQnvict-ion _,...:; · .. . . / .. . \:~:;.;.~ for murder. The apparent. ~ck· of motive cannot- be the sole _basis :-- ·'\-..,._.,,z. \ . for suggesting that a person charged with mu.rder r.r.ist or o~ht · have been insane. In the present case the offence _ch.:rr~ed was ,,. - . .. . . ---~:~'.:,.,_, :-:f, , _ . i:~"-· :~ye_d ~ reasonable doiibl;. The appellant re~?-Jiing u,1~-;•··t·''.,. ~- ' I •. .:. . ) the vill~g~_ after the killing would, not necesS"-lrily ::uggest _; .. . • • , ! . .', ·-~ .. ~ -~:rt 1\; that he was· insane. We are aware that, especially in spme ·;~>J··' parts of the country, there is sometirres almost a sense 0£ -~~;;~do after a person. has killed -another, and ~t..·:.i§_::not,·',:: . • ;:i tr:~~;•. . i!,,;.,_1.1, , .~he th~ to do to run.away. The app~a.l_has. n·o meri.t·;~d :; ;-·:·. '.?<{1:°- . : .;.~ ,, we accordingly dismiss it. ......• ../.; . -~-' . . . ;_f ... .. ~ , I .;.:- _1 ' \ . - - ~ •· ., . .... .... , ,.. .. : -_, ... .. ' ' I L. M. MAKAME Jt5TICE OF APPEAL R.H. KIS.Al{;A JUSTICE OF APPEAL A M.A. OMAR 0 iJ!STICE OF APP!w. I ,tertit:, tbet tt:ua !a a true eopy 0£ the or4;~l •. -~/ (J. H. 1:fSOFFE) . ( SENIOR DEPUTY RmIS'.('!:.ill·. \ \ --' / ' I ... • .... ,.! ... . I . ' ; I