19900430 TZCA Mwanza 1

_t CRIMilTt.L L.PP:&'.L i!O. 33 OF 1989 1 •• • R.t"..YllOHD STIWlT ~ ' ~ ilPPELLllTTS 2 ~ II.£~SI:II1'1 J LBIR J• versus Ci:f£E -RE?CJBLIC. • '0: 0 0 0 0 R2SPONDENT (Appeal frcir:1 the conviction of the High Court of Tnnscnia at Tabora) cbtcd. tho 29th cl.2.,y of Dccer.11?or 9 1983 in Crinino.l Sessions Cnsc N0 ., 50 of 1986 JUDGJ\:lE?IT OF THE COURT · . T!w two· [',ppcllaats D....'1d t~1.0 ot~wr 2,ccu.sccl wore joi_ntly c~:.argccl 'l'ri th the offence of murder. 1I'l:.o ivro 2,ppollo,n-~0 1-rnro convicted and the .,1il1ird.. accu.nccl w2-s acquitted. It was on the nicht of 26/10/82 P.W.1 Bibiana i1..1,ynoncl. tho wife of . none.lcl, w2.s uslecp with !1er husb2.J:1d 2,.11.cl ::er four c~~ildrQn in their cot-co,.ge wl:on s~:>..o b.:2.rd 2. big bm1g on ·~he cloor, liko ligLton.ing tlllmclor., 2.n she put it~ then three people ontorccl a:::10. as s:.:co got t!p sl:o w;::,s cut " . - I i i on tl10 .,..bnck end on tho i.t.ll,e:Uo by one Ifo,sllir.1 w:1or.1 0:.10 identified by tl10 f lig':.t of 1:u.rricanc lal".lp• Ifusli.im w2.o wcz:.rine 2.. whitish s!1irt. Sl:lo knew Iln.ollin very well as l10 was ::>.or noigl:.bour living at n place co.llod .\ "'-· . lier oigJ.::.t nont~1s olcl cJ.,.ilcl sl:.o wr..o c0,rr-,1ii1g wr,o s·cabbcd on tl:'..c doE10 of J.;!:.o ~102,d, D,ncf dicc1 ooon a.ft;erwarts., i.s the culprits wore !1olcling ~:er . .. ... ......... ....,. - --~ - • ..,. -- . -:--),~.~' •"- • 4"", 2 husband. she (?;Ot a chance to slip out 2.:nd. went to the house of tho neighbour one Nwambc1s[:. ( who dicl not give evidence).. S!w returned to find J.:or J:;.usbc'.nd Donald stabbed. -ii1 ti10 stonnch and. his into-stinoo wore out. 1 Done.lo_ died le.tor in hos pi tD.l. P. W. 1 further s0,icl tl:.2.t Donald w2,s doing business o::' selling honey1 They had: at t~1e time tlu. eo. b2,rrols of h011c~r outside their l1ouso and 0 18 s-~ockod i:.lsido. Among the people, P.W~1 otctcd? she identified was Ihslu.In the second appelln.nt 2.ncl tl:c o·ther 1l:w wns in q,rmy u11ifon:1, and w!J.o became tho second accused and who was acq-1.,,_i ttcd. The throe people she said 9 · did not deraand nor did tl-...cy take away ruzything• P.W~2 Sa.mvrnl mcxild is the Gano Scout w!10 was sent a letter with the description of tho cv.lprits which WG-s obtained fror.1 their victiras • P.,Wb2 stated tl1at ho W2,S told in a letter fron LuJwJ.a village that three bandits lmd broken into tlw l1ouse of one po2,sa:.1t :at Ki tun& and attacked tho innatcs and killed one. Their dcscri:Ytion w2..s gi von n.nd the three wore arrested by PoWo2 tho Game Scout. Ono who wore a red cap jur,1ped out of · the vcl1icle ..:nd esc2..pedj the two wlw wore b.2,11clccl to the ville.go soc:rota.ry wore first and second accused.. They ;,1c.1:1cd Ifus~li!J! ( third accused c.,acl ·tho ' . second a1)pollant) to P. Wo4 Police Inspector Hsonc:l.o and they sliowocl him 1 tho house of fushin w;.1oa ho tt.011 arrested. -P.Wo4 stated tl1at both first accused (who is ·tJ10 first 2.ppellant) 1cl second accUBod con:fosso(l' to l:im to 1:avillg gone to the house of Donald togo-cller with &shim, tl:e oocond 2.ppoll2:,1t~ vri"ch intention :.,i;o stoclit Ifashim a,lso admittcct to P.W.4 to being 2::; Do1mld's house with tho 02..nc sinister intention• and to !:ave s1,1JJtninoc.l inju:ry on the foroh0c:-d therc11 P.W.5 a District J,ia.gistrnte of '.22,r)ora. 2,nd (ih tho m2..teri2-l tiDo a Jus~.;ico of tho Peace testified to recording tl:o stc::.tomont of &ymond Simon tl10 first appellant on 3/11/82. L1 c;:,,:.;-Jining .his body before recording his stat0:.1ont ho sa:w two hoc.lii.1.f,· w01.mds~ one on tho f2.ce nnd I the o-thor on the right foot~ Sinon 1 s sta-cc:u-.10:nt was to the effect t!1c1t 3 he was ~iving in Tabora ancl !.lo loft his pl2,co on 23/1 o/82 and wont with . ' his friend Nsokolo to Ki tun.de. village wl:orc !:o wan tor. to o::change !1is radio fol_' honeyo • two nights Hsokolo After staying i.i.1 t~1is villn.go fpr ' took b.in to this !louse w!10rc a big stone w;-,,s nppliocl I • to brook open Hs door.- In this noct1..1.nml trip Hsolrnlo sov.gl:/.; tho l:.olp of Hasl.1in w~w joined ' ' thco:. Inside tb.c hov.sc the job of cutting o,llcl- bo2,ting its _inL12.tos was clone ,I by Jlasb.in and Nsokolo • He l1owover iJ2,n~ccl to wrench hi::isclf from tho ~rip of Do112,ld and ran out of tho house. ·I1110 cc;:-,r on n.i □ f2,co wns caused by 2, stick which wns inflicted. on hin by Ffasllim 2.s he. R~rr.10nd ' was tr-Jing to nm awa,y. Before -re2..ching this house tl~oy broke into, Rnynoncl had wkod l:is con1panions why they wore goine through the forest and they replied t.h.a t that was where llonoy wns kopt. So in off cot R:1-ynond the first appellant wns denying all rosi,onsibili"'vy for tl:~e boating 2.11.Cl. killi.iigs in tlmt house of Donald. Tho soconc1. 2.:,:)~llant Fl.,sb.in stated in his defence th.2..t l:l.o wa2 not at P.W,1 1 a ville,gc: on the night of tho alleged killings. IIc did not know his co-accusoclo But ho knevr his noighbou.r tho late Donald and also know hio wife :P,. W.1 o Ho ag.r_eocl on cross-cJ~:.i:1inntion tlw,t P,,W .. 1 know hin too. The 1 earned tri.:1..l juc.lgo 2,ftor wn.rr:.ing lli:asolf on tl;o d.D.ngers of ~ ➔.cntification by a single wi tnoss in sucl:_ circw.1s t2.1~cos as those found ~n this Cc'..SO accepted the iclcntii'ic2:tion of :Ha.shin by P.W.1 as ' - faultless. Re said tlmt after co:::rpnring P.w.1 rs :story with tl1£,t al' I' -first appellant he found then to be r:10:cc or loss identicc,l in cldniling 1 I Considering the oviclence n,s a w1:olo w0 find :tho involvcr;1cnt of first 2..ppellant Raymond Simon in t~1is tr2,nsaction wc,s not an innocent one,. If ns he clair::is ho w2.ntod to o.:::chango l:onoy ;for hin r2.dio why should ho agree to do it a·t 4.30 c:,...,n. when it we,s '.P,:1.st nicinight nnd why . 0 0 VO o/4 4 -· should he countcm?.ncc the brcal;:ing o:f ·i;ho (.oor of n house and agreed to accor:11x1.:.11.y ;.1is collcag1.ws to tho inside of the house in· order to get honey. It was evident that tho c::.:erciso wa,G noant to sc2,rc and dcI101~alise the i1me.;t cs. One would ht·,vo c.xpoctod. hiiil to be the lo.st to enter tho.:[; house ' instead ·110 e.:;;:pcclitiously wont in followed by 11'7.shiu w'.:o was the li"',st to enter, First appollairi:; appco.rod to lJo very r.n..wh in a hurry to co;·,1plcto whnt ho hncl sot out to do, First appellant stated that he ran out c,ftcr seeing that there was a oon inside who confronted then· c.ncl gro.bb?d hin ancl when ho wrenched himself' free after Donald_ had been knifed by Ihs21iw, ho ran outsic1.c enc: it was o..t that tirae when Has!1in hit hi □ 0;1 tllc f,:::i,cc. We cannot find th.::.t that was o. case of 1111 i1mocent ne,n caught up in the web of" violence of l1is colleagues, as ho tho first appellant wants us to boliovo. The whole story sr:mcks of evil design to obt~in l::.oncy, it w2.s only when tl:c going e;ot rough that tho culprits r2,11 out of' the house 2.ncl fled to distcint places where they 1-rcrc later arrested. First appellant protestations of iru.1occnco arc very hollowo If he w.:-•,s the. t iJ.-rnoccnt wl:.y did he run awv,y th2.t very night without reporting to arry 2,ut:.1ori ty on -~lie w2..y. With regard to Ifus!1im tho second c.ppcllant, P.W.l said in her evidence that there was a wicker le.r;1p in tho hau.Gc 2.acl she identified oP.J.y Ha,s~1in -~t::.om she knew ~s her neighbour and in· t]mt night herself and her one yc2.r old child suffered froa l1is attnckso She ;:,,lso ckir.10C:. to have named hi::i. in her st2.-tct.1011t to the: Police but th. t sto;i;cr1c:1..t w.:-,s not put in oviclcnco. Hashim was also nar,1cd by firs-t an:d. second accused to I 11 spcctor of Polico P.W.,4 Fidolis)faonclo v..nd also to P.W.6 Ihc1.1.",cl Hsig2-lla, a teacher nnd a Ward Education Cordimdor. of the o.rca. Tho two accused pc.roans g.::.vo details . of tlrnir relationship with I1:sGhim on this :·:10.t-coi~ of stec1ling fro:.1 tb.e l1ousc of tho complaimmt, before takine; tho police o..nd tho tv;o witnesses (P.W.,4 a.ml P. W◄ 6) .to the house of Ihshitl whore he w2.s 2,rrcstcd. · This pd.eco of evidence .- 5 a.gzj.:J.st-.llasb.im poiDt 0011clusivc1;r t.o his involvement not as an orcl'j,nary participant bu:t as <l. oaster oind.: P.w.4 clso said· that Ha.shi?J agreed bci'orc him that b..c was thc.ro at Donal.d's h.01.we ~N. .. had sustained injury on his f' orohcad.. · We fincl that both tlic appel12.11ts were thor'c:that night and they With no.lice aforethought partici1Ja-'i;ed in tho ettack of the i:nmc.tcs of the house aud killed Donald mid b.is child and. scrio'us_ly wounded P.w.1,., We disniss the appeal in its 1990.. L. M. ·r,'.f.AKAME JUSTICE OF 1:PPEAL R. H. KISANGA JUSTICE OF APPEAL __ ,,,,,..---·--- ..... .,. ,. _ r. r i· t- - _·, •. o' ·----. "'\ A. rn. ·A. OMAR JUSTICE OF APPEAL. ,td/tJ?f )_ ( J. R. J;ISOFFE SENIOR DEPUTY REGISTRiill. ,.