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!DllID UlUTED REL'UBLIC OF T./ilfZ.!JU/.. n~ TEE IIIGII COURT OF 'MN.Z/JUA NJ! MOROGOUO .APPEIJ.c.ll.TJ)} JUIUSDICTIOlT ... IlIGII COUR'l) CRlMIUt..L /J:PE1:L NOa 74 OF 1'989 c/r. Critlinal LJ?poal No~ 78 of 1989 ORIGIN.AL C11Dil1W, c.t~s.Enm. 18 OF . 1988 OF ~ DISTRIC'IT COURT OF MOJlOOOllO DISTlUCl'll /1r. M0l1000n0 Boforcs K. K. I(oyago., Dsqo, Resident Mngistrato DAVID .rtcOD at& & 2 OTillifilS • • o • • • • .API'El'..aIJu'TTS • • (Original .Aocusocis) I l TRID BEl'IJBLIC • • • • • • • • • • • • o • • • RESPOJiDElifT · · (Ori.ginnl_Prosocutor) ·. JUD G.MElT Ti .,_. Tho. two n.p:pollants, naI:ioly Dn.vid Jacob Swoa and Mal~ Kil-mngc, whoo I shall rofor to as first ond second appcllont res:pootivcly horc:l.na.fitcr1 · wcro convicted of tho offence of robbery and they wore sontoncod to seven · yoe.rs' inprisonncnt. · Tho ovidoncc in this case consisted nainly of tlmt of tho conplaino.nt Ooe.:ry Zuborio ChllJ."Y Zubcri testified tr.il'..t ho fought back ban.di ts who cnno to his l10uso nt night and broke down tho front dooro . There was e lnnp in his house, and for about 40 ninutos, he kept those bmdi ts ct bey by vd.olding his pange at tbon while standing at tJ.,..c door. Dut ovontucl.J.y1 tho bnndits docidod to force open a window of the house t.lu:ough which they entered tho house, 'Illi.e_ conplci.nD.nt tl10n snw 3 :pooplo ontor t,ho sitting rooo of his bouao. They were joined by ~ro noro., Thon they bognn tnking_thc belongings of the conploinant in tho sittine.roon and tl:icywont to tho bcdroon. ·They struck tho con:i;>lcincnt with an iron bc.T on tho hce:d and locked hin ·u1,> in a. wn.rdrobo.. .t'.ct'tor thrit tl10y loft. Tho band;i.t~ bad torohoii which they used to soc their wey a.boute Through the light no.do by those torches together .- with tb.c lieht fron his laop,, · tho conpla.innnt . was able to soc tho btndits. cle2.I'ly,. a.nd when he was ccllod to the Police Station, ho we..s able _to identify tlU'oo of tho boodits in 'an idontificntion po.rode. Tho conpl~t lU'..d-givan a d~sc~iption of' tho. bandits to tho ··.: .), : . -2- police who wore tbcn-a.rrc.stoa.. Ile identified oorc bnndits when ho wns, eel.led for the soconci tioc by tbo Police. IDlo second n.ppollo.nt was. wearing the scno clothoa on tho dey when ho .saw hin n.t the Police St~tion , as; on tho dey of tho robbo~ according to tho conplcinant, raid ov.en n:b- thc tricl. tr..o 2nd o.ppollnnt had still the sane clothes. T110 conplci.nnnt also idolitifiod tho first hppollant at tho identification pn.radoe In his dofcmoo, tho second appellant said thnt he. was arrested as he wcs going to. tho na.rkot, and that he wa.s ro:'rostcd as c. rogue and vagabond. Thon next dn.Y ho wn.s fokon out of tho l?olioo. coll and taken to an identification p_ro:'a.do. Tb.Qn tho· cor:iplclinant said tlui.t his as.soilants had olothoswhich roscnblod thoso.of tho 2nd appolle.nt. The 1st appellant said thc--.t on 17/1/88 .•while passing by tho narkct placo he wo..s o.rrosted and takon to thGtPolicc Sta-t.ion. Ile s}opt in a Police coll Md next dc\V ho l wee token to an idontificction pn.t'ndo olong wi ~h two other persons. IDlon l'li'e 1 caJJo, ho touched ~ho appellant as one of the bandits. Tho 1st a.ppollant cooplainod that ho r..cd boon identified bocmso ho loolccd dirty boocuso ho had spent e night in t1'..c Police coll. In their subnissions in. court both o.ppcllwts insisted trot the. vo.rsions o:f Fir. 1 and Pl~.2 on tho location of the lanp wn.s cantro..dictory, boon.use ono scid tmt it w2.s jn the si ttin3 rooi:l while the other said tmt it was in tho bodrooo. Tl1e lenrncd State .t.ttornoy subnittod t:t.c.t there WM f!Oplo opportunity for tho :i:dcntific.'.:'..tion of tho band.itso Ile. stated that light froo the lnnp arid torches of tho be.ndits provide cl f avou.rcblc conditions for idcnt_:i:ficationo Al.ao tho·lcngth o:f period with the bandits wes put up by the lcr-.ni.od Sim.to Attorney ris justifying· tho. idcntificc.tion by the cor.1ploinnnt. I do not sec how the identification of the nppelle.nts con be c,tto.okoa.. . Plie 1 oxplcincd qui to vividly how ho saw tho _cppqll~ts together with· others in tho light provided by the lcnp in his house end tbo- torchOSJ of tho c.ccusod ]?Orsons. lJo wns- with tho accused for n long tine. ilthoueh ho did not know tho appollcnts end tho other a.ccus.od before, thct ~oos: not noon th.o..t ho could not rocn.11 tboir faces ~oin if ho snw tboo. Tho. loamed Resident Mngistre,to found th.--.t tho. conditions for idont:igication wore favourable I DP of tr.o opinion thn,t ho was anti tlcd to .hold so in the oircur.istancos of this oasoo Tho ·conplninnnt described in sono detail l10w . - his. c.ss.ailcnts looked l:iko. IJD dosoribod even tho clothes which tbcy war.a . wearing~ G.onccr.ning one accused, tho conplrdnant snid -th...1.t his. oyos. looked n,s if' ho wns tirade r.ie 1-mnt on to· ctoscribe tho features of the other o.ccused n.s well,. This eoos to shou tlui.t the oooplninant ..ms . . certain of what ho wns tclkin£s abouto l1b.other PU.1 end l?i;.2 differed:. in their evidence concerning where t:r..c lqnp wa.s in tho house, is of ninor conacquoncos. There was notl1lllg to prevent it fron being novea.. :l' Ls, for tbc. oonP, ~ tl~o firs:t~J;)Cll.nnt ll.bout his condition wJ:-.m1 he attended tho idontifioc.tion pn:rc.dc, I DD sn.tisfiod tba.ii it was bo.soloss bocn.usc even tho ·othor oocusod who wore put on tho parodo bad 0000 froo.tho scno coll. Thoro wcs no reason wlzy" ho shouJ.d have lookod dirv while tllo oth.ors woro not. _I soc no oorit in this o.pponl which I disoiss in its ontiroizy' o.s · tin ~ o o -Giwn was tho ba.ro r.1:i.niow:l. Dolivorod_to tho tliePOllonts end stato_Attornoy. JUD(E -...