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.i.PiELLt.T~ JUi.USDICTION HIGE JJU"J.1T crm.an•.L ...:2.:-:;1..1 HO. 116 00 1989 _(OlUGilT....L ClUl·IETi,L C.;. . 8:C: iW. 259 :Jf 1989 Qj? THE_ DISTlJ:CT CvURT 019 II.AL.. :i>IST_JCT .-T ICTSUTU ••••••••• ) j:!'llED EELIX ••H.Ji.G./ P3LIX ~. . . . . . 0 ••••• -· • .11._PPE.LL.i-..HTS versus THE UNI TED l~l-'UBLI C. • • • • • • • • • .HE3:r-0I.J.Jii:HT JUDGMENT 11-lSUMI, J. In th0 District Court ~f Ilnlo. nt Kisutu tho tw'.) c.1):.,:cllnnts wcro c:mVictod -::>f cnttl<J thoft, C.)ntro.ry t,J 268 -Jf the Penal C,hlc £'nJ cc.ch )1 1.om wns sontoncod t , fi vc yoers invrisonn"'nt un-kr the Uinit:1.u□ S<Jntonces .11.ct. B'.)th a.re tliso. tisfi.:,J with th0 C)nVicti.;ns n.ncl svntonccs h'-'nco thu i;rosE.:nt np;_.,orcl. ~t tho trial c·:,urt thv pr Jsocuti..m siJ.o leJ. ov:i.:..:.011cc to th0 Gf:i:.::ct thc:t on 10th March 1989 c.t Kunduchi L.rt.Jc., tw,,, h'-'c.'"ls .)f ce.ttlo W;Jrth Shs. 1qo,ooo/= bol-mcini..; to me Gx1if'.n Ru~nr~:::c.ou wor..; f ·,un.l o:i.SGiri,~. Lb.)Ut 300 y:::rds fr :m the h use of the ap;_.,ellnnts th0r.::: wore founC. r,mnins Jf nl.)~d rn2. cr,.ttlc drop-outs inili.c::tj_n t;.ic.t a. cc.ttlo hn1.: 1;,. H.,., sl::ru..:_'.htcr'-',: thvrc. .i-lllJ. fr;r.1 tho.t spot thGr., woro so.n<2.lo r.10.rks on-.2in__:· at thv h ;w:w .Jf tho o.~::.,,ulLmts. Thu party which w:-.s trc.cl::in__: thu sm.tl st•.)lvn co.ttlo wunt t.; th"' h use -Jf tho C'.tl.,c:llnnts. i.n,~ wl:lilu tho :pc.rty wc.s th0r"' 9 s0c ,nC.. o.:.,;-~ ...,J.1.::-.nt \'vL:S soon ~- to.kinl; n j_YJt c J11tcinin~, u ..'i::J.O c0r.t which wc.s :;0in~_ C.J,)kOJ. m12 threw tho i,J:i.Gces i of 1,1c:nt in a pit 1.::-.trinc. ;.s f,_ir the sonJl-, oo.rks which cnuc,1. o.t thuir h.•,.,.....0 9 cppolL.,.ntG clc,.im,J th;:·.t tho sm.10 hol.m:.:,1.::.:'.. t.J o. cc.:rtc,in ;,,ors 1n wh,; hc.d VisitGd them. H-.Jwovor, they oc.i..: thct tb0y wvrc unc.'~lu t.) iu,:mtify hir.1. ..•l· uvidencc in su,. ".Jrt ,f tho :,r,K;ucusti :n c."'.SiJ is wuak. Ho :i;r:rticulr'.rly ;i uj_);_.;ollr.nt 1 s a.ct ,)f thr:Jwin.:; the llJillilnc viccos .:;f rn.;c.t in tho le.trinc. ft: 1-"-' t The qu--,sti.m is Hbt.Jther th0 nll0;__1.;~ circUt,1stc.ncic.l evL1cmcu irrcsisto.tly p ;int c.t tho i_:uil t oi th(.) c:i;~:O.L..~'.nts. My ro:i:;lJ t. •. tbio qu~i,ti ,n is i;:i tllc • .,.·-~ nffirmnti vo. There is thG OVidonco Jf f) ,tprints loc.:lin;.· t , the lT;usc :)f ' the n;_;.i_Jt:llc.nts fr Jtl the.: s;i )t wherv tho ot :-lon cnttlL: w0r0 ~llu(;eclly slc.ul.iht ... r'-'~:_ • .",pl)Cllnnts 1 clci.u th,::t th..:: sc.icl f-.):;trrks wor0 )f 2. c~:ctc..in ::;urs.m wh.1su '.x-·.r.1.c c.nd whcr00.J;,.JUts they <.11 n.Jt· kn.::Vl is uno.cc.:.:j_Jt~:'.1h,. Only f1.,w h.:u:rs h;:,..::: cl~:;_)Su~: fr.~r.1 th0 tir.1'-' whon tlw o.llo 1 ,;c:l thvft t :,k ~le1co to th'-' tiuu ,-1b'-'n the. c~1 •. cllcmts woro qu(.sti.mc.:: .>n th" so.i2. ous.ici :us f ,0tr.:1~:rlrn. They c.mh:. n.;t lr.vo f .:rt>.Jtton thu iJcntity ')f thwir ViSit:.. r \'lithin suc:1 c. sh"Jrt tine. • •• 0 .2/ - 2 -; / Sicri.l~1rly -"th<J Cj_);_:.c.:112.nt' s ·:::.ct of thrJwinL th0 piccos ·)f :Y1ilin,, 1:ie:c.t int.J pit letrino 7 in the circU1;ist2nccs :;,f this c::-.so 1 is incq_.;r·.Lle ;):f innocent oxplo.nc,ti m. Ifo d)ubt thc,t O.jji->ellants 1 ox;_.ilC\Ilr.ti m on this c-.mc.1uct · is nr)t c,msistont. , ,.\-{., .. •. ~--::-~~f-1·· ~~ rr.11. Msm.u ' JUDGE . \ 27/11/89