19900314 TZHC Tabora

)RIG IN AL JURISDICTI61'T (Tabora .-~egi s~ry) ~'f . 9RTMUJAL S~SSIO~rn CASS !ITQ,.·42 CH' 1988 . TH-r.: . R°tPUBLIC versus ----....-~- : KO ROSSO·· ·J • ,. '. ' Th this casE..:cne AC0U.S00 ~t~as charged with .the offe,dee .-.: ',: of ha;~;ing unJ.awf L}lly attempte~"to cause the death. of the ' ' ! ' DeceaseP. e/s.211/(J) of. the Penal Code~ ~t· h as.'b P=~. .J ~'all e g e Q~ +1··~·····:.,., u .L-e,,'J,,.v.LJ.,·:. _,,_,,, .•,r,·,,ic ,.,_,,~ 1WALIK_,.Tl ·-· 0 ..1··,::, . . '-' ·,d --- O,lll\J s/o Mfv-mNif!SH.A,. . . .: .. . ~ on lC/4/87 ~ had unl~wf ully . . ".-, ttemp-bcd tJ -~ a1.2.-s~ ·the . ~ A~a.th of the- complainant,· on0 ~- TIL'S' d/o.NG ... . . 1 ill/fUMBWl-by. \ poisoning. , , the ni-'liz0 flour at)"'ahembe_vii ... ~:,ge, Shinya..'lgs :'.\"I.strict and_Regiori. ·st3.ted' in brPVi ty, follO\Vlrt·g are :th$ :E'J.cts of th~ entire C9,se. bhe of the witne·sses W'.ls ono _'1\Tjile d/o -r-,.gumumbwa (P.W.1) She tes.tifi0d th.'lt• •efh,-,, W:is J.··:r0sident .:of .,.,1t1.hembe ma th1t the Accd.sed w;1e ;1. resident of the villJ.g(:; o-f i 1 tp.az1ja., · She. went oh to ' . testify th-1t the iccusad w:is ~is ·boy.-f~iend.- and th:1.t he __:i.nd the , • I , ,Accused h.:id ever coh;'.lbitea togethPr in concu.binJ.ge.. rn .the course ·of their cohabn iticn at h6r own . .home the ~acu.se.d c ommi tt ed theft by ste~ling 'PoWDl• s h..1g ·an.a piece of Ki te:hge~ The c9mpl1in-Jht w1a much off end ea 'by the ,~dcusea 1 ~ crl.i-:-1inal __ act 1s t?, result of ' which she deci<fod to br'ing to Jrl Hnd tl1..,_~i~ friendship •. Oonseqlie- .ntiy, she asked the ,ice used to v :ice:ite her house wa. go, to his own home4 The .Adcused vfouJ.dn 1 t willi:cgly le:i.ve the home of' p.W,l• . She re~orted to report inc; t;,, t\-. ::,-·.·:···~ ~-:, ~-f. -t-: ~c tradi ti.anal gl1:3.t'd :_ ( sungu~lltlg;.) ,• ]pd 1skea for their irnme .h.1te -asstst::i.nce. The members 1 of'. the .tr>1di tional g~.1,rd · '3.CC.o_m_panied P. .s i\;o..i. to her house where the 1lCCUSed W:lS founa being insi_c1c '-~1e. hC'U.C:Go ThG ,~ccused W'.'l,S oratrred :' . .,-,. ·2 ...... , to p'1Ck his.b'~;longinG.s...:Jlln_.. :,th,~n,-;uii t~e house of P.W.1 beca11sc of their then existihg mi~unae~st'.3.ndin.gs. The ,~ccused . •.: ··:' . ; . . . \·~ ·, co~pli ed by lP-q.~ing -P. W~i' s; her~· . . . . .. . the mid-day. rn the evening at of th;r. 8 !TI(, ·a,1te·; •'tiie. Cotriplihir1·~~;·t ·(p. .• w.• 1) W:1S insic1e thq.';hou.se havirig:,h.~r,,J~upp~r when: the .·h\'b·dused was h~ara knocking ·1t the door of p.w.r.. PcW.1 got·:ou.-tsi·ae·''.:.l.!lp SlW the lCCUsed being outside. The -~ccusea. s9.id nothing :rei--to why .he hJ.d gone there th3.t evening nor hJ.d -p3W.l_...:1.$ked the ~~cqti 9 ~d anything. p.W.l rc-:i.cted by ! getting b!Jck into ;the house, picked up the child 3lld then w..Jlkea _out of tl'w h,'.) use ·r·-a went to· the Commander of the ,~-suii:·g~sl.Ulg_u:r le 1vi11; the 11ccusea sea.t0: on ':l. stor:•l outside the housq·witll~i;ts,door .. .. ,~,, . ~·. ~ ~ rmn.11.ning open.. -~ .• Vi,,i. spent . the n;i.g}it_at the house of the Com.mr1 er I . I of the • sur:.gt:i.su:.1,_;u: ;, o · Jn: the f0llowing _m~rning, she returned tn .. _, ...- .' . t ....... -~-- . . ... her h':' use· ·fin'dint i ths· Accused being· absr:int o . l'·.W .1- went· into the - •· I ':,•~A9:,t:ch~;ri. _.anrl -then trep'1.rea fooa from the flour-she h-1a in the ki.:tohen ... rn ,the ,Vening· she boir1ea ,W'lt.e:r "in 6'rder t'o mike -some th~'ck ·1)0rrl-o-ge_.(1t 1.li)~:-. .1s . thG W'.ltt?:;r w·:;ts th_s~--bo~ling,. --P~W.1 . /~Ck the -~rlze f4ur she h.oC ket,t in :> b<1c~#:t· l;n th~ ~ait)''ho·llse. _ ~-__ .Wh~1:·_·:',·~,J:··J'.1l.'S~: i.,~.tj Sot!le flo~r-into the.-~b~l.ing:wa:l;.er· she heara - .. ~,:,,·, · _an_-,_unu.sug,l h1sr.:JJ.1~g_ soµnri. ,At th~~ ..s:)1111:: time-,-.. she, _s,:i.w the_ flour ~,. :; : ~: ·: ·. -t·q,_ .~;j_ng.~:: .. -. <l,CGOI!lp:uJj Gfl by_ t!le sm~l_l --0f _-J;,he in.so el'.lti~ide: C 3.lled . I - ·- - : -_.' - __~~roo.~~ ~hP✓• ~0,ovea t~~ ~~~ f~.~--t~?--f~r~;_ ~e_._~usp(f5ct_ ed th1t · ·,, _.t:he_flour she hJ.1 put il'.ltq the bo~ling_~~~er_qqllJ.q__ ti1;,v_e hac\ some . ~- ··:eh:t6:d »le Sh~. -- sJ EJpt ... br.c :l~S~ .. .it W1S. ll;G . ~cty: .n~5ht . '. ti~~.,- On the . .-·; f0ld..owing_ m;:rnt~G, she :VVGll;t to .thn ten Oell_ lo.'ld~r f:llld _tll.~n reporte;c' t" • : • • ~ ' • t • • .•· the m.J.t·ter a 'rh: ten .cell, ·.:~_:iner acoompani ~~. ,her --~o ,.her ho:use. :;:: -.'.-~he ·t E'~:- ~'.~11 L~ader_ :h~vin:g ,~een the: J,u.c_kf;t _whi~h -~?n~'li~_~c _· th~ snE·---- "=·'"_,. -·- -,_ p~c-t;:d ti~llr,· he seized :ma took ;iway the buc_ket.: p .• ~v .i, rec3.lled .. -t: thcit:·.-·i~: th~--- ~ame. y~~r of' 1~87, the 11ccused. h~d .eve;· ~o~g-~~-- ~ome -- .··::;,_: t,hi~d-~:- bui th·;i+.- sh~- -~e~-~r kn.PW • '. ••• • , • :· ••••• whe;~--~he ·;.Ace.used h~.o kep~_ the • •• •,. • • • • • ! t:hiod·an~ · She expressed her . beli0:f . th.3.t . . ·, the .AC,_cu.sed. . QouJ.a. ' .. _h:we .·... ·.,. : ,, ;; ~ .. .-.,: crl.r1inilly po.iso:n.ed the flqu.r with _th~ inscen~icide, · theog_;an. . ·~' . , .. . . .. .· ' ~.. .. .Another Wi tncss W_g.s one tissistnrt··'Tnspec-tol', Hicodemtis• (1?,il.2). ,,:;r~ .·t-estified t·h:it 011 10/4/bi, the· ~\cc:'Ut3Bf. wis t-itr-en to the·,police s~1ti'"'n': · Th8 c~•nplg,i..--: 1nt. (F.'ii;1) -·a1so · arrived· i·f··-the· 'poli_o:e st ~ti en o The _Acc·usec w:is :ill ~;::rjd '. t'Ci. · .h:1v·e ·poi ·soriec.F :sorie' J!i ii ze fJ.~ ,_,:t ,_,;) t !1 theodan.1'. H. 2 J.SkP,C :,he AC cu·s cd tt.bo11t the .ill eg-1tion OR.. S~SSIONS C AS~ 1'10,. 42L3_§__ - 3 - ' r.13.de 1.g:iinst hir.i. The .iccuscd h1.d ··alleg:edly confesseci poisoning th6' conplainmt•s fl0L~r bec'lu~c-he . ha/ . 1 L,c:en :mgry, . ., following the fiCC ueea., s all~gccl q;::irr~l wi.th. :P-. -:l.~.l_•. :: . ·:r~.H:• ?· . ?_ec i-0:e.a ~• "' • ,.... -'• • ~f) ·: sena ' I • ·. ~ -the.. ),ccused · to the -Justice. of _t_he feace. ... ' '!. • tr,stif iea th'.lt shG WJ,S 1 ··.Mj_gistr:it'e 1hf she· reriler.:ibe:red the ·, Adcu-~e~f 'lS. h8.Ving lbeeri tJ.ken :before her ·for. purpose· of. b.':LV.ing · . .!).11 extra-(iuaicial • I st1t~rnGnt recorr-ec' . .... r•.W.3 • ·testifiod • : . th1t when sh; ::~'.ltisfiec .h8r~e1f: I th·J.t the. .ACC~s~cl-- . . WJ,S re'.ldy ,. '1tld ·willing .. to •!!l.J.ke .cm extr1.-jur"lici:1l st:i.tr.;~_t->.nt, she procee0Pc t? GX:l!"'li_ne. hir.:, Shn f0unrthe i:~criser1··free.fr0m-all s\gns of physic~_n:-i.rk-_s of ... •• ·1· ·violence. r.·,;1,3 ~olA· the court:th-1t. the:,,~cc_usec. hJ..a voltl+ltJ.rily --·cr:nfessoc'l' hiving bP-l?n· the pr-rson wh--: h:J.cl p,0i.s0nr->a. ~n'? !!1'1:i. ze. flour,. · Shr-:, pr0 c' uc 00. th0 extr<i-j u.dic i:il st ~tet1ent · 'l;)x.hibit r. 2 ~ . . ':;;ho . ACCUser,· denied the ChJXg0 •.:·. T;Tp c'lepose0. th::it he hiic! been . . ev:;.ctea forcibly fr'?n the he-use of 1'.W.1~ J.?!.'1 then retumea to live wi-th her .p':0·,cnts wh0.re. he h;.1d b•h:-n :~J.v1ng before he st::1rted co h:1b it J.ti "'n wit' i: T' • ·.'i .1 • The .,Accusea fl~tly ·cleni(i th.1t he_ h:1d ·ever ~0nP- to· thc_h~use of the . Cc-!!lpl~in-3.n~ .. . ' ·(I' .-:i.l) ... :· J.fter .he h-1.cl bet?.n ·, arr~stec by r11enb,::,rs o_f th.0 tr-1ili tion.11 gu,1r~ ( sl.lngusungu)' Jnil th3.t ' • ' • ; I .· · ~: · ·'.··he= hJ/1 _b(-,Gn -severely '.:lsso.uJ.tGf: · at the -\i~-e -~.:f the 'lrresto He ·. nep0sef. th:1-t he h:3,<.i b~cn so b.:1a1y 1?·01.ten th '1~ hG h'lfl .,9 ev eloped so.oe blisters e-n the. 't;>uttoclc-s •. · ThP. i1cc.use_n J.arn: ttea to_ n.:ia c6nf es sea •.~ ,. poisrr..ing thr. n1.ize.flour of ·th~ cor1pla.inmt (l".Wol). The _.lccusc-r. st'.J.tr:/• th:1t the l?i ttr.r nemories ~rising _frc,n his ·1ss3.ul t :it thr, ti.l".l.G cf thG ·1ss:1ll.1.t notivatec1-h:in'°'.to confess involuntarily. Th<~ :Ace us ca 11 SO", 'l0r.. i ()(1 _th'.lt _:}'=. i:. 3 _h.lc'l ev_er_ ex 1ri.in~a his ho dy • . .~f ter J h:10 ,fi.ni shod· reaaing out ,the sUf.lrp.ing up . to the • • ' ' l ' 1:.forii:iur.ible .Assesscrs, T "invit6?d e.3.Ch one· of ,thei to giV!9 his opinir-n on· the c :,.se J.S 3. whole. • Bo th ..Bcno ur3.bla Assessors expres- ··sca their un:min:-iu:o ·opinions thit ~he---~cct1scd had person1.lly poisrnc·: . . ... _,..._~ .. 'the ·complain:1.nt' s rl.liZP. flour with• J .... ·.. ' 7.J ; nt.Gnt • I I . On ny p.J.rt, . T wholly ag);'~e with the opinion of Bono ur:3.ble , Assessors. The evir'ence '.lg1inst the ticcusea is ot two kinc'ls. • -~ 'l · ,r • 1 • , ,•· ... ,- - 4 - ····· . •· ··'.Th~re is ·the c_ircuri.s·~ .n_c_i3l cviaenc(> 3.0r1uced-by T',J.i herself,. I hJ.ve no legitm:ite . ' eonse t0 r0ubt the ev•idenc."=c ()·f.'f'.iJ,.l th1t , . . . . the ACCllser.l h-3.a rP,turnea tc· 'tr . h:-:•USG of ?~ jJ,,) in the evening . ' of the sme cl:1te 3.ftr->r hG hac been ·chiser. :1wiv f:r.0n thJ.t -hcu.se :ig·1.inst his will beC<JllSC he still loved T''.'d.1. the .1ccused .stood 1 . . . ou·csicle the~ hc:tlsP cf 1:.N.1 · □'iking a sauna _with his tcngue ·1.s !J. . I $i.gn of suppressed/ '.lI'lger "lnc ·,o'ifinl t· expl3.in or give J.ny re~son ,.,vhy he h.ia .g~n8 thpre~ Thon l1,Vl.l r~ -aw3,;;7 fron her .hsme le2ving \ . thn flc,"r. ('If h? use ~ 'aj 1r with· the ··.4cc lJ.sed rer:.·:1in:i.:~C, s0a tea outside tho hc•U::leo ·There;is the evidence ·th3.t .in the s:ine ye'lr, the ! . . 1Wqused h:1.a ever :·,ou.ght sone·insecticicle~ tb.c-(?.Q:Jr).,, The:..·o is g'.)oa . . 't ,, ... c_1.µ.se _tc c0,ncluac ~rGsistblJ&-· -th-:=i.t the ,Accused 1.1.:.:.-1 pc.is::med the ng,ize fl()Ur ~f T', ri.1··:i~ .the '.3.bs/:>nce cf T'~::{,,L., . . i 8 "?C_on0..1y; th l'C i$., thP. c::nfessicnal st'J/Gencnt T,b(hi bit 'if!.l I f .. . . . 311 egc;~lly J'l3.d e by thP. A~cusen •. The Ac,c,rn2n rct.i~acte:>ri the ccnfes-si.'.n 1 n:icle=. by saying th~t the t9rturc hP r~era_i ·vr,rl 'l\; -:,he hmas of the 1 sungusU+J,gu• w1s . ill o_p,:,r3.tivr. u1 t;.4 s 1.:r\nd . , · Ccr:,.~'ossi ...,n t0. poliC8 suspec Gs arr-> gove ed. by the pr,~-visicms ;:-::· sec·'ciN1 27· of the ~irlencc ..,let 19 67. J 3D. s ~ti sfi oft tlB. t +:1.e c0nf 2 ss i ~:1 J.7- .. S't 3.-'c ener1 -t 15xhi bit .l ·r.,l· w3.e;· v-.::-Junt 1ri ,Y riac'lc by the Acct;.secfo ~:1·. . e .:c::!J.sec! j:ever ;:1ac.e nen tion. to ~. ·~v • • • .z Jbout th_e all;ged t~r-;:>ir~; or· nssatD:b ·• I • •• ; c 1:rhirdly there -is the ~xtrt jt1clicial statenent '<xhi.bi t T.'2 on whic.h the ,Accusea hJ.rl :1g1in c o.nl cs sea po is~•ning th.0 J"'.'..J.i zc fl011.:.~ Here. <ig,:tin, the Acc11set retr,ctea the conlessi:,n Cy s.-iying ·thit when he n:1ee the c onf r:•ssi ·-h ho vDs still being ha1J.1i.t ea l1y ·the bitter ., . r1.enori,e.s of the torture .or severe assauJ:t ho c!1f:feI·eci. when he~ 7vqs I i. . -arrestee by the i Slln£Usunc,u . i ,, I disni ss · t.1:1.c ,Ace LJ.sed' . s testiY-1.on:v . ~ as beihg. an af~_eryhought. ! finally boiic·.-c- ··1:~.1t tb.e conf esricn l ; . I • • • • crmtainer. in the 0xtr3,-j ua ici al st:1.ter:r.~mt ·., ~1.s vol UJ.'1.tarily :rnae by I . . . the Ac.c usea ·• Th0.!;"c is the reliJ.ble ":.V'j_Cer~c.e :.1drlu.ccc1 by l'.-No3 that she hg_d ex:Jr_iJnpr1 the tic•cuse(:T an.a th3.·f; she h~. d CP~n no visible l . ' physical narks ot'(violenc e·•.· ThG 9.l.18ged bl.is l·CTS op his buttocks is :1 't,. cock an<' rUll stc·r ;; : · ·--'° ·- 0 , · . ::: c · · .,, ·oo so cre_d Ulo 11s J.S to r.eliev.e it •.i . CR. S'B!SST~o CJS~ N0,1,g~ ~- :- 5 - -------- jf Un the foregcme 0bservitio11;s, T fjncl the .ACCUse~ go:t1'ty.· ! convict the 14 ccusGr1 of .atteri.ptec nura er, c/s. 211 (1) of the T'enal Cof e. A. G•. G. KOOO SSO JUDG 1?. 14/3/90 . ;1 ] i1 ,3.ro -•111'ay it ple:i.sa. Your I,ordship, though the 1wcus00 is a !'-irst off ender, the off P,IlC e coT"r.i ttec w::1.s serious. Jf the .A.6oused.'s cr:i.nin':1.1 13.0t wouJ.fl have r.1-:1.teri:ilisea not only would iihe conplain·mt h 7vedia<r but.::uso the child. Th1t is all Your Lora shi_p ; be t8.ken into consir:1eratir'!n. The Accuseil is nJ.rried with 5 chilr:ren I HE=! h:1.s ber-:m ih custody for .3 y8:n.rs. Tfc is '3. t'irst offender. Th1t is a11.--. J Q.ui te 'J.grr.-e with the lea.med st 1te 1ittomey th:it if the ,i Aeoused.· s~ crinin-il ~ct wouJ.a have been successful:y ir:tp.Iter..ente0 two 1 ·liVPS woUl,n have been lost '3Ilr,. it 'is quite unlikely th:3.t the .Accused would have ber->n o.etected. J sentence the Accusea to 15 ye,.rs in.pr1sonncnt. RiGht of .J.pp'eJ.i exp9.. :1inoa. A~ G. G. KOROSSO JU.ID? 14/3/90 Court·: r-ron::-u.r.J.ble !issessors thanked anc1 aisdh=irgec1 • . I hereby jud@i1ent