19921012 TZCA Mwanza1

IN ::..~-:E COURT OF lu""'PEAL OF TANW~ AT HW'ANZA (CORAM: CRIMIH!L AP:2Eiu, NOo 67 OF 1992 BETWEEN ~- Dli.URilTT S/ 0 P11.ULO • ~ THE 1©'1JJ3LIC •• . . . . . . . .... :: • • rus?ONDBNT (Appeal fro□ -'Ghe conviction of t:10 :'.Ii&-, Co1..i.r-'G of Tanzania at _.Bi,koba) (Lu.gaking;.ra, J .) elated tl:e 9th day of Ma.reh1 1992 in Crin;inal Sessions Case No, 50 of 19§2 J'UDGID}IENT OF T:lE COtm.T :.. This is a oase of natricidc and the appella...t was convicted of nu.rder as chargeda Ile is now appealing. The prosecution eVidence is ~ -'.;o · tJ:le effect -'chat on 8th l..u.gust, 1987 in -~::.e afternoon, in the Village of Xilranga, -~~1.e ap11e:i..laxt Lav.rent Patilo was seen by his neig'.:bours and· relatives who l:.acl gone to J.:;1:e :.:;oene in answer to t::..e &la.ms of a wonru.1. in agony, in -'.;J:::.e act of beatil1g l.:is o-wn appellant sitting on top of -'.;he deceased a,."1.cl bea:~ing !J.er on the head.. She was bleeding f;:-om tb.e head and from one of the eyes, tl:..is was stated by PW.. 3, .Ana.cl et t~e brot::er oi' -~he appalla.."lt. re:plied -'c=.a-'.; he was directed by the devil ~~o do so, Thereafter he -was tied up ancl sen·t to the Police S·iia:~ion~ :rw.3 · t!ien nattaJiied tJ_1e background -to ·tb.is ld..lling. ·Ile said.. t.'::at cleqeased and :1er S011 -the appellant were qua.rrelling frequently over property, a ···--•-•o. .. died in 1961. At fi;:-s·;; •;;J:cii' moiher and her children were l!JtaYing in one house tb.e11 i-'.; boca.-:1e unbearable for •;;he deceased to live· with -'i;J.ie appellai.1.,li ,r.!o was eonstant!I' · beating her ~ever tb.oy ; r f!Ua,l'ralled. Ftrl.3 -'.;11.Em built his ol-m llouse and ·;;oolc his nother te live wi•'l;h him sopa.:i.~a:tely from the appellant. Tl:e le.st time deceased was bea:'ven by tl.1.e appellant was in -'.;J.:-.e r.1011th of August, 1987 w!1en she repor-'.;ed ·;;o ·tlle Ward Secretary and ·:.!:.e latter fixed tb.t da.-'lie for settling t!J.eir dispute on tb.e 12th .Auc,""U.St, 19B7 but the a.ppella11"t :f'ores·;;a.11ed •;;lti,s data 'by killing his mother tour days ea.rUer, on -'ii.le 0-tl.1. ot August, c;, Tl:e a.ppellan-'.;' s defence was -'i;ha,-'ci he !1ea.rd aJ.a.rr.is arid went -'i;o iii.2\o scene to find ).:is r.1ot::-.er alreacy dead and was lying tn the :r· ei.nd ·- □ecbers of •;;_::,c far.p.lY point0d a.n aocusi11~ linger at him, tied hio up .·-·.::_ The following ~ ., -· his brother was released f~orn. police ous·fody . w1~il;e !t'oi.,ain.ed inside till tlie ~- of :.us trial, ,, he .. ~ In the -meantime his Ca.,xH011ed s·~a.tement wa.s ta:,__cn by -~!,.e police and he denied <tVer ~cilling :1is mother • . t;~e eVid.ence 011 1·eoord was not sufficient ·~o sus•~ain "'lihe oonvic-~ion ' ;i,.• • ''of' ourder, Ile cited -~:1e evidence of Fvi.3 wl:o said t:J.a.t he, PW.3, had seen_ his bro·~J.1er La.uront ba:'Gtering ·i;l:eir 1no·:;her wl1ile in his 011 the words said by P1'7.1 to have been u·c·ce:::-ca. bJ ·tl.J.c appellant -'.;'.•1-.a"'11· "I wo;,,d 11.-:cu aJ.1 11 , ..,, ....., lc1· 11 ···· • f erance is, 11~:0 in · · l'Ir, Bu-'Ga.-:1b al.a .. ~ ...:i~,,.; ....... ed·, ..... " 11 t'·.;,a...11 L:~ ', ,.:.au, '--.:i 1J.:.::L• 11 a d. .and would !all · norc people, but il!o 3 Mr. Magoma, lcarnccl Senior Sta:~u .~ttorncy supported t:10 eo11Viotion 8,n ·tho ground that all -cI1rce prosecution wi tncssos wore found by ·cha trial judge to be reliable and tru:'Ghful, ·t:,ci:r ·~es-'cioo11ics 011 t!la.t wi tncsscs did no.,.; teli tJ10 police tha·~ t:.:,cy saw Laurent a·~ta.eking tte deceased bu:~ wl1at t~:..cy said wa.o s1..~ficiant to show ho would continue killing ot;.2cr mcnbors of -~_:10 fanil.y and also a,:Zi;cr oonsid.ering -~_:_:c history of t11c appclla..1·~ as a very dif'ficttl t child. 1-l::.o all alo;-ie wo..ntcd -'i;o dispossess his ao·~:.:i.cr and other -• c101,1bcrs of the fanil~; of the property of -~.\.1.cir :fa·i;J.2er was satisz'icd Jii~a·c ·t:::.c :::Llli~1g tha:~ ;:~ ..../ was tl:.o 01..,J.ninahon of the Wo arc of -~~.10 sa.."lle view, and we !::ave uo doubt that it was -'.;ho a,ppcll&it a..1d no o·tlrnr person wJ::.o corili:u ·tcc'J. -~2:is off'c11.oe, 'We accordingly clisniss tI·.c appeal. Aoi'-1 oJ.le 01''iAR JUSTICE OF APP~ . A. S oL. R,lElJL.A:'.TI JUSTICE OF 1.PPJW, }I ~S~ JUSTICE I oerti~- ·i;J:at -'ii'.:ds is a. truo copy o-Z -~::rn otigina.1 4 /~- ( R.r,r. RWE'IE':tllTU ) DEPUTY RroISTH,lR. \ l