19890922 TZCA Tanga

IE TII.8 COlf.fd1 OF li.PFCi\l, OF T::.ii; ,.. .J:!.J~ AT Ti..r:'GA JUEL. IDl1..'JITK • • o iet o e 0 Cl O • LPF:CLLf:..FT V.CHSUS - 1 1TI::C FJJI-UDLIC • • 0 0 O 0 • • e HCSPO:NJ)EFT (Lppe~l frQ~ tte conviction of the Iligb. C01.ll't of Tc,11.Zenia at Tanea) '.4 • &tea. the 20th 01.-.,y of December; 1988 in Criminal Scssi ons Co,se lfo. 2,:h o:f 1 QSJ --- JUJXHill'lJT OF TIC COURT ,' Tho appellant was cmrgocl ni th end convicted of' the offence o:f murder contre.ry to sebtion 196 of' the Feml Co("':.o. r.rho cppolJ.8-nt lived. in tho f'orost cutting timber for one Bryson and PoWo4 Abdi MobDmod. · On 5.4.f986 tho docoa::md who had for three days sta.yccJ. in tho houso of r .1i .4 cs a guost w-:-,s found dead noar tho hovso of I.H .1 BclIB.:d Zn.yurri'u~, tr.o Chair•m2.11 of IG.rnbo villn.ge• It is tho prosecution cVillcnco that tl:c ap:Pc_lla11t a.icsouncod to F.W.l tlut he he..d ldllod hi timingi boc::...usc ho !Vii timingi "\11:'.,S i)on.sting of being a wi tab.doctor. :F.11,1 cc,llod other villa.gars to 6 0 r,:nd hun.r tho a1)pellnnt shmm 1rhcrc tl10 doccr,soc.: l:::.y ::me: G,lso hcsrcl lrir:i repeat his earlier confossio~1 o:f murclcrir:.c r~i ti.ningi, Appollnnt Md a blood stru.ned p ~ which ho tl1on Lopt on the cic'..O cf the dcco2-sccle Tho police took o. statement of tho c.ppolknt but 1x,cc.uso it 1'BS not cn.utioncde tho contents ·' of it will not b0 referred to in this judgment. l.i.bout tho witchcraft 1 \ - 2 ... pr2.ctico which is touchoc'c ur,on by wi tnosoos, it rofors to tho clonth of Bryson which occurcd c. clr-.;r c.,ftor Fitini115'i uc:r1 uolca:iod. in the house of Pon ..4, L raooting of villC1.tvrs 11~~s hole~. c-,nC. P.Tl .4. 0-I'-d r.Iitimingi who wore 11 rogr-..rclocl us wi tchcloctors wore given ono moc.icino 02.llccl 11 Usomc • P .W o4 stc,tocl th.."..t l:io' ch.~irr,mn (r.u.1) told him on thc,t clc,y of 4.4.86 o,fter tho ,., buric.l of Drys on anc1. ct tb.G mooting ho lt. c-,t tb.o llotol, thct Ui timingi f ~- o 1! o Ll, 1 S guo;.:;--t wcs_ C 1C.:l.ffil. ~-t 'i1.C 11£',S <.., 1n. tchdootor. . . ng t 100 f' i Wh O lT.S .,;. TT Tho following <k,y Mi timing:i loft P. ~T ~4 1 s house to go o,wc,y and wns soon soon lying clco.d, Lnd it was at tl:is juncture when tho c,:ppollant o,ppoc~Nc1. Q.t the villcgo w:i_ th this story of ho lmving made short work of Mi timi:,1,si. bocc-;use of whut tho villcgcrs h:.:d c..lroc,cly hoard tho.t ho wns clnising to bo c. witohdoctoro Lp:;,Jcllant's c:-Jfcnco is th..--:.t ho c-:_id not kill tLc docoo.sod. Ho moroly informoc1. villngors of t!:.o docth of T:-litir.li.ngi o.fter he 1:.:..--,cl coL'lO n.cross o.ccorcling to J...:p:pollc:.r...t 1 s c.~ofc.,nco, r·csoh?ocl to l:olc1. LiE1 rusponsiblc for his doc~tl::... 1...ppollo.nt 1s cot.u:.sol, Nr .. Kc.vutn 0:rguoc. thd tl:corc K~s D- c,~p1:«oy,; bot·wocr: tl:c G"J:.;:i,i:r:mt~n roT1.l c,::.d his ncigb.bou:rs including F.r.2 and ?.H.3 to implico.to th0 r.-,ppcllo..nt "'d~e ,;c..s c, stro.ne,-or in tl.,o vill2.go, with rn;u.rdor of tho (locc~,socl. Tho kc~rnoc counsel bcsocl tis urc;umonts on tho f.::.ot tlmt the c1.occ: bocly w-:-,s found noo.r this house of tb.o Clmirmn.n c..nd as suoh ho fom"OC. being implicc.tecl wi tl-::. -:;ho c1.occv,suc'.. c'. oc.tl::.., 1io very closely consic:0rod. rJir. Y..n.vuto.' s lino of o.rgumont but with duo respect to tho lco.rnocl couns(;l 1-:0 o..rc un2.blo. to c,groo :with him for tho fellowing re;:',sons. 1.. Tb.0 .:.,ppollcnt roc~clily confcssod. to P.W.1 that ho b.c..d killocl tho c,_ocoi:'..sccl boco.uso of his wi tchcrn:Ct. The r;l:c:irr..n,n (P,Wol) clocid.ocl to l::..:.·wc t:C.o c.ccusccl confession l:..co,rcl by other villP,gors,- Conscquontly P.1-;·.2, F.W.3 c,ncl r·.:r.~ nlso hcc-,rd tho 0,ppollant I I 3 - sc..ying tbnt ho rod killed tho cl0co2-sodo l~ncl thoso wi tnossos gnvo evidence to tlmt effect. Thero is ,:.ls o tl:o orc,l corrfossion to o.. 11olico officor, e, Sorgoant, thnt ho 11:.1.c-:. ld.llec:l t!c.c clo;.}ocsod using c.. pc;ngc... T.c~is ovidcnco r.11 tho moro co~r-, A.Ms , ~ssa.ons whc,t t.c~o c,:ppol1c..nt h-.1,d tolcl tho vilkgorso TLc loc,rnoc1 trir.-,1 l\tr,e,:Lstro,to cor...sic"'..orocl t:.:.0 .::;v-iclcnco of ·wi tnossos who roprosontod. tho cross soetio:i.1 of tl10 Vilk:.GO Conr.11.1...vi.ity .'..mcl tbc polico nppollant nm7. tl1at tlloir oviclonco co1..u.C. not but ·o,J truo. Fo ['.I'() of tho / sar.:o viow tho.t t::.::.c c.,ppollmrl_; fo1° roc,sons ~Jost l.:n.cr;:n to ::ir:,sclf :1nd, cortcinly not insc.nit;y·, cluciclocl wiy1 e,bsoluto C.'..~ndour, vim 2.ncl vigour to nc.ko o, clo:::~;.1 brcc.st of it ;:;ll, C!.nd;:,~ l:o took po.ins to mo.k0 his confession known to v~-..ri ous poop le in t~,o villc.,so ~ L11:Jol12,nt w.:::s tLoroforo l.)roporly co:nvi.cto,l of r.1urc'!.or. The 0,ppo11l b.as 1"0 r::01'i t ,"..ncl is Lcrcby clisr::issoclo D.L.'ISD n.t T:.1;01;_ tLis 22:nC.. &::,y of Soptcn_bor; 1989. A • Ni o L • Ol\L'i.R JUSTICE ·or LPf:GtJ., JUSTICE OF' L.?rDt..L I truo copy of tho ori giml. ( J• f.r:IFFE ) SDITIOR DE?UTY fil;GIS'.l.1P,/.R.