19891127 TZCA Mbeya

DJ. 'l'.HE COURT OF APPEAL OF T~NZANIA ..· . AT MBEYA . - CRIMINAL_P.PP&µ, no. 122 OF 1989 Dqro ICURWA NYEMA o • , o • ·APPELLAN~ versus . .REPUDLIC rnuf . . •. 0 0 0 • 0 f . 0 • RESPOHDlll!T (Appeal from the.oonviotion of the lligll. Court of Tanzania -~t $uznbawa.nga. . (Mtenea J 1.) dated the 19th day.of Oo'!iob~r, 1988 -· ~ Cnroinal Sesai9ns Oase l•ToJ. 1~0J)tt 128§ ....... J'CJilGMENT OF ''!!HE c,oim ~1E 1 J.A,••s The appellant .DOTO KURWA HYl!MA was :f'ound °'-ul ty of imarde; by l:ltenga, J.: He was- found to have maliciO\lsly ~ed to death bia own· t ' twin brother; ICURWA IruRWA NYn:IA (sio-.), Mr. Ka,pinga, learned State At-'corn.ey, countered effort~ by M1:, Bateyunga, learned advocate f~r the appellant, to have the ~ppellant 1 s conviction c;ru.ashede At the·trial it was not controverted that the appellai1t killed I, his brother. Mr, ~teyunga 1 s two pronged atta,clc ~·ainst the High C01..1.rt decision was that there was evidence on record establiohing Intoxication and Self-Defence. The appellant is a'self-confessed bbD.ng smoker a.nd in this he WD.S supported by P. W.3 MWANALE smr--r, the deceased' s wife.. He testified to ' ' ' · smoking the stuff on the fateful day, 23rd March, 1986. The question which ••o•/2 2 :::)os8d i ts0lf for an a."lswer 1ras wh3th0r uhcn he kill~d his brother the appellant was in,;;;,;;J:'13 TTi t;:.i.in tho wean in£:; o1 tli.G law. Mte;.1sa, J • was satisfied that tlle a:;•:._)3llant was note. E~ found that the a:;:ij,1eJ.lant dealt the rfoc.:l:...,sod the fa.tal blow· with r.!alice aforethou.e;ht so as to constitute 1i1urd,er. 'Th.e ai.)p;.,lla.nt ·ffas living witi1 the decoa3ed, thair mother, and p.;-f-3, in li-l1JGta Villafise in tl:.e District of Swnbawa.-i3a, Hukwa R0 15ion. IIis wife had deserted. hi.1:1.. On the fatef·0l day tlle deceased, uhose wife :iad cooked them a rnGal 1 told off the appellant ,:·J.1en they -:-1-e1·e ~L)a~.:-faking of the food· because· the a~:ipellari.t uas concentriat:u1e, on tha :relish to the I exclusion of t!-:;.e stiff :,;>orricf,.1e .. T11e a_._>1)ollant got annoyed and a.sBau.l"GGd the deceao3cl. as a result· of whic:b. P.·,r.3 and her children l:J.ac1 to run :u1to the bus:li and llide there.. :By the time Poil .. 3 returned to the hone at about 4 :Po1:i.; Bhe fou.ncl. it was now all calm. Sl::.e left the house a~ain after 8 ~.ra. on her hv2band 1 s advice 7 anJ spent the night else,rhere. 'Ihe follo..ring mo:minf s:1a caiJe to lrJ:J.ow that her husband had. been killed. ::llle ,3a;w the d0ad body~ It l:..a.d. no head.• In his d.efonce the a.:_)j_)ella.nt said t}.ll t he killed when his mind was 'agitatad I by the bhcU.lG he had sr,10kecl.. .,,;.fter P~ il-3 had. run away the,. deceased. told. ·the a:;/;)eHa.nt that he, ·th0 d.eceased, would recruit band.its at ni(:,ht to come a..l'lu kill the a:::1:i;iellant., .i.. t a.round 10 p.m,, that night the appella.n t saw four bwd its -armed. with axes as was also tho deceased,. When the ap:pell'ant uas running a1-ray from tb.a would-be killers he managed to get hold of the c3..:.;:e ·i:;:.1e cl.ecoased. hae:~ tb.rown at hjJ;1 e.nd. cnt the deceased with it on tl1e head., Tte;.1 ho carriad. t:J.e dec-.,ased I s body and. })laced. it on. a b ed.o . 'TI.10 iJa.i1.C!i t,.: ran -:;,--;ray. 3 Tue :trial court uas not l)osi ti vcly impress-9d by the appellant I s version., It found ttlat tlle a:JpGilant killed. the dec0a3ed when the L,i.tter was fast asleep 2,3 tl.te appE!llant hir:i.s.elf told P. ~l.l Detective Sgto Major iJJTGONY c:U1d. the Ila.rd. 3ecretary. ?TJ.3 I::11010, 2. ·.r.2~ , ;re have had rto diffioul ty in Sl1._:1portinr; the dGcision of the tria.: court.. Apart froI:J th8 P3JC~1iatrist 1 s ropoi·t which we find _convincin5 and. according to w:.i.ic:.i the: a:.~:J_;llant w,:.o aan0 ·irllen he conr.ii t-ted. the Mt and. that he kneu that ~,h.~t :10 :r,:i,s cioinc was T·!J:'.Ongy we a-..:~ree with t.ne trial court that t~1Gre E,TG iJ, pUL:ber of' ;ieces of evidence which go j;o discredit thG 3,.:_::_\Jllant I s cont8ntio~1. Tlo shall d.eal 1,;ri tt the two d.efences advanced., I:.1to:.-::ication and 00lf-Do1enco, together. Tllo ln;,::t~lo.i trial judge was •.Jntj_ti0::l to_ Njoct G0lf~Def0nco. 'The story t.b.'.31i the appellant w-a.s b0in.J c!.J.?,col-1 ·Jy ·02..:::.1i ts 1;c..s nec0ssaril7 -utrtrue.- There. carmot havo boen ,J0l:f-lJ0:~o:1ce :.::n th0 rleceascd 1ias fast asleep as 1m boliovo l10 ·,;-::i.,se 'D.10 C::0c0as0d ~~::.r:i.:::;GlfJ we are satisfied., did. tell P.·.r.1 a..nd :zi •. ~.2 so am] thu C.l)~XllL. .nt· 1 s olov-onth hour story that he carried tho d.cc0ai:md 1 s bodJ on to a bee; was w1 unblushing lie dosi;Sned to ex-.9lain why tb.e }.102:.JlusG body was on ti.~" bed.. BosidesJ it is not without significanco tba t uhon tho ap:i;:olla.;1t r.:.s.cl0 a ro:;ort to the Ward. SGcretary ho said. that tL,3 d0cc.::,;,s'"'d :!:..:1d b0.::..n kil10d ty I j_)GOJ.)le r not by him. The appellant he.d the prosonce of Bind to r.1alrn a falso r0rJOrt to l).J.,2 so as to tl.1ron would:-b0 iri,,-_)sti6 ators ofi' t2l0 scont and. he also had tho foresight to c1ocapi tato tho d0c0asod aJJt.1 hide th0 hec1cl a ~uartar of raile mr&.ya ;Te thid....: it uas so as to hiclo t~:o axo wL.ich would. not come off tho hoad... Ile olso found it nGcessary to l:ic\3 the knife with which he p,erformGd th0 blood:-:-ct.illing butchery.. :ro certainly do not agree with Mro Ba teyunga. that this· is tho conc.uct of a pors·on wl:o was illsane by reason .. . 4 of Intoxication within tho m0aning of Section 14 of tho Penal Cod.e,. Tho· appellant was: 1.mabl0 to discharge the c1lb0i . ' t limited :tiurd.en cast on him (:3Ge CI'...zIIIITifilrGJAv. R. 1956 E • .A.C • ..:h 451). We wish to gb farth3r and say.that WG arc satisfied that thq appellant was not even merely so intoxicated as to b0 incai.)ablo of forrning tho sp.acific intent to kill or cause agriovous harm. Tho weapon used was emin,:mtly dangerous, th0 target o:::trcmoly vulnerable, and it ·vras clearly malice aforethought which actu.at<3d the appGlla.nt to kill the deceased. ,JJ. S. ]INZ. YAS a true copy of the original. //· ..- .--,i //>- \_. · e<1~ ::i. M;:JJ::OTE ) . ;<· D!Ei'CJTY :hlGIJT.R.ii.H.