19891127 TZCA Mbeya1

-- IN TI~ coun T OF AP~lL OF T:Jfl..!UHA it T MBIJY"i~ · (COR1M: CilTIHNil.L .'1.Fi.r!J,J, HO. 45 O:' 1989 . i 1. LS'rfi..HL ICTBDJ..~ I,HITSA A.P.P~'.IS 2. J .:~PII::UT TUSi:mL!J SJJ:lKUKCT ·vs:..1sus TM H.&PUDLIC • • • • ~ • • • ,. i ,, iW:SfONDfflT f (ii.J??Oai fron tb.0 oonv-ictioh ;6:f tho IliQ.1 .Court of' T.:tnz2"-11.ia at If~·;oya ' (MtonL,a 1 J,.) / f / d:itod tho 23rcl Jay of Fol:.iu.e..ry, 1989 :in Cr:ininal Scasions CasG Ifo'1 129 of 1986 Jl,'DQMENT OF TI:3 CDT.cl T 'Ihe two appellants 1 Isr.1ail Kibuja Nwisa and. Ja.phet 'Iuscshe · --· . ' . '/ . . .. . . .. . . . Sinkuku were chargBd wi -th -~d cqnyi-0-~d ·pf trurder contrary to secti<>l\ 1.hey are now appbaling. It was on tho ni@.lt of 16/2/86' in ihe Mbowo village,. Isa.nga aree, I when P.W.l .;.1.sha d/o Mwanboobo was aw'/;ll-:enod fr--1i1 sloop _by tho a~)Und o~ groans and wail:ing of a wan :plea.din& ·~o be loft clone. She.went outsid.a accoopa.ni0d by hor husband and, s:-,,,r th-3 sooorid. a1)p01lant Japhet boatmg a l)Grson who was lying 6own and soaJrnd :in blood. She knew 2nd appellant by narJo and also, as hor noie;hbour. Sho inquired. fron Ja:phot wt.at we..s co:ine; on c.mc".. Jc.i):!::.ot ropli0d, that the man he was boa<ting wc1s a brui.~i t w]io HJ.s 1::locking l~is way. She saw Japhet using his baro tand.s in ':Jc.:2..t::.nc hiz victii:1e She then suggosted that it would b~ bettor io rais0 an clarn but Ja,~)11.::it .Nfused. and · thraa.ten0d to harr1 ho.r if' sho did 2 w11crou:i_:on P. ';l .1 end her h~hand •o• • o/2 ' - -·· 2 .. lef'i; the sc~o and. went tl~ to tb.Gir house ..): .?• .w~2 .J3u:e. Jo.bxl a.1;>pca.rw. at midnight at tho sa.rae scene. IIG also cl2-iped l:.o hea.rd. while ha waa a bo4. ) ~ his pause sounds of pGrson outside a-tta.cked and. whcm. ho ' I . went out he saw a vio:t.io ha.v:i.n13 a lot of blo~d on his faQG and was lying down. IIo than saw Jal)het w:1or.1 he- know! as a follow villagor ! beating his victiu with a stick followed ty first appellant who also . i . . attacked the same victim with a stick sovorr times on h1:3-~~as-·-··. he lay .on tho ground. P., w.2 IDc'..l'.l.aJOd to c~ishwAo-'tlle--at~ers from r' inflictmg f'urtb<,_r. ~~"l)l,ant.-rn··tliOJu, ·;;~r□ ruid h0 saw the t>ro BOing away followec:C behind by their victir.1 wh: l1f 3ot · up, .P. W.2 said tl:.at I he was told by Japhot th2.t the r.1a.n tl"l0J" ·,dpo attacking was a bc..ndit. ! . ' . The following clay in ro3pons0 t0 t:.:.~ cries of alarm both P. W'.l . I and P.W.2 went to tho sarao l)laco of :,,_ tkckl a:nd snw n. dead 08ll .with. his. I . private :parts severed. II0 we.s ic!.entifioc!. r,s Jib.a en:ploye.a of the I prisons depa:rtm.ont. Post Mortem roj?ort as oxi.J_l2.i110c. l:y :no Doctor P.W.3 gave the cause i . of death as rrrul tiple cut wounds includi11c thoso_ of sovored :pen.is which gave rise to severe pains a.rid, l:aomorre.30.; TJ:o two appellants were ' •' arrested by P.w.4· on :i.nfornatio.n .r0cciviac~ :Dotl'.. appellants elected to make their dcf'onces. on oath. First: appellan-t Ismail st.a.tad that he novGr lof't his house after rotu:t'ninf fror.1 a porat0 shop at 8.30 _p..m•. I . I on tho ma.tori.al nieht, after having takpn a :.,r.1all anount .of aJ.cohol. Ile said. ho did.; not know P.W.2 and it ·11n.s not tru.0 that he was. seen . \ . - I by him boatin& tho do3.CCe.sed with a stick, ! '.lh0 second appellant in his dofonci;i stnt-3d thc:..t ho waa grabbed I from b0h:ind by a iJGrson as he was going t,omo and. he ra.isGd. an ala.rm <1nd. poaplo ros.pollJled.a first a.p]?Ollan t. bo~ anon& them, lfhom he saw 3 boating his assailant with a stick which sent hir:1 down~ I.a.tor ho,_ Japh0t 1 wont home a.f'ter seoine his assaJant had. wok0n tip~ The I • ~ following c.1.9,y he h0a.rd of a death but denied boating tho assailant ' the previous nic;b.t~ It is apparent hem tho evidence tj:.at none of th0 two oyo I i wi tncsses saw any of tho two appellants parry knives or using any sharp weapons on th.0:i.P victim whom w0 ai:.J satisfied is none other than the dccoased. 'Itoro is ovid.:,nco Jm t a number of people were at the ; scene that night and tho attack ,~c,s nbt' conti:quous but rath~r sporadic. First, r.,w•.1 saw thJ soc0a~ api:)ollant Japhot alono attacking I J tho man who was lying clown tl:on suco.n). ap:i,Jcllant and tho first , awellant were soon togotb.o:!.' by i'.W.f attackin§ with sticks-the inan I • •. I ·w1:o was lyinc3 down. P.11.2 s.aicl t.o sl all three i~e• -th0 attackers J • and.....:-hoir_ victira welkin& away aftor r;:; a1:pollants: had a.greed to stop a ttackinf;. thoir blood-soaked. victin. l .. . ' I We arc of tho view that tb.oir ~.ombinod attack was not nocossa.rily •• • l • I . the rcsul t of cor:nwn intention, '!.al tl:pugh they both attacked tho Sa.Ii10 person and at about the sam0 t~0. 'It wc1s a question of oach of tho \. . apl)cllants mcctine with that s~tµation on th~road and d.oalinB with . . to -it in a ma.nnor and nuans thc:1, t wc~o aV"'....il2..ble L. thoti. Since there was no knif~ or sharr> wcal)On seen. b.a.ndloc1 1.}y thon,. the cuts on the bocy- and tho s0vor0d penis that w~.re tl:o only caus0 of doa th, . I could not be ascribed to tho appol~a.nts. 'lho 1)0ssibility of other \ members of tho crowd that had c5athC\-,-r-ed inflict±n15 such. coup de I . grace with a sha.J'.lp jnstw,ment can.no\ -l~o ruloc1. out. 'lho raost that . can be said. to h1:w0 boon achiovod. b;y tho two ar,:.;iollan ts with thou- sticks,. (which the sGeOlld a1,1:iollant.~ was d.cscribed.. a.a. o-it<linary stick), was an assault Causing actual bodily haro .. 4 ;To finc.r the tvro aJ1xillants in tho circumstances of tho. case [s"Uil ty of this lossor off0nco and. not BUil ty of r.rurdor. We ullow th0 2.Jp0al, quash tho conviction of □u.rdor and substitute conviction for the offcmc'? of assault causing actua1 ~ ' bodily harm contrary to s0ction 241 ,'of' tho Penal Cod.0 to each of the two appGllants. 'de s0nt.:.Jnce t:.10 two ap:i,,ollunts 0acl:. to five years JUSTIC:ill OF .u~Ui ' JU!:>Tit.J~ 0{:1 .1~2?EAL N. S. rThTZ1~V-'i.S 1 copy of tho. ,orig~ ., -.