19941216 TZHC Arusha

. ll\J J,Jtl_J:!l ll.l..o,:I'!, .... il ' · <14•t· l .= . -. , ·~~Ult AT ARUSHA 011,!QJNAL: :JURISDICTION \<; / (Arusha Registry) 'CT:tIMmAL SESSION CASE N0 0 40 OF 1993' ' . . ---: • "THE REPUBLIC 1'- ·. ., . I ·· Versus Llf D G M E N T 'The accused Milia. Sukunda stands charged 'with the offence of murde; c/s 196 of the p~p.al Code. ,, It is .alleged that on the 18/1/93 at Ma.tale V i;l.lage iii 'Monduli District within Arusha Region the· accused murdered one Naishengai Sµ,kunda• On t~e •fateful day the deceased Naishengai, the son of the a~cus~d ,•1r h~d str,anglea ..the deceased Is goat., previously the boy had stranglea anbther goat of the acct;_Sedc The accli_~e'd returned home furious at the 'Strangling of his; two :_ioats. He ass.aulted the deceased 1 s elder brother PU 3 Ngorot:j.. Milia with a stick on the head. To avoid being . - .. assaulted thed~ceased 'ran int9_the house and hid therein until morning. In the morn:i.ng the accused tied the hands and legs of ,:the die~eaSElQ. with a rope a.nd tr.en started assaulting :him with a cow hide _r: 9t1Qk:"1,. PW 1 Sharai Milia: hid in a nearby bush and watched the assault ' - ; y1hi:L~ PW 3 Ngorati and hi~":otber sisters pleaded for mercy for the . deceased in vain. The accused~0locked PW 3 and the other family members, _.,,....,. ·:, i.n .the house and cot1,tinue~ assaulting the deceased who desperately cried .. out for water until he, ':;6-llapsed and expired in agony. The accused • I • • kept ·the body in t~e,house over night •. In the morning he went to ,1,1 • ·-·- dump it .int.he bush•. The body was not traced a few days later when the accused· took the ~olice to the dumping ,.cene, appa~~ntly wild beasts: had t6rn the corpse away. ?ince _PW 1, PW 2 and PW_ 3 had eye witnessed ! '-: .~, the fatal assault of.th~.- d~,.aseq. by his accused father, the later was . ·· .•r•·. '.~;;: . ( ' .. \' .\.. \· ♦ ,.-,-,-,·-. . 'J . . , ,·., arrested and charged with the:present offenc~•of murder • .• L - ·•.· f . . I The accused gave a sworn defence denying the killing~ He claimed that the deceased d~;~i~ped a severe headache and shivering 3'. · ~. .. · ,. .. ~ . .. i .. '. overnight which fever c~"tisecf his death on the next day. In keeping " t"he Masai tradition of not bur;ying dead· children, the acc1::;3ect dumped the body in the bush so it i:ias ·never recovered when he took the militia to the scene of the dumping a few days later. It is: .'the :. defenc~•of the accused that-the decea~ddied naturally from;high .feveI'. so he did not· kill. him• There is' no dispute thaf the late Naishengai Sukunda died unatu- rally on the 18/1/1993 at Ma'.tale Village. Three eye witness•ei PW 'r, PW 2 and PW 3 saw the. accused flog the deceased with a hide stick for hours unttl the victim expj,.red. The accl/-sed aclmitted tha~ he w~nt.;to throw the corpse in the bJsh. In the glarine evidence of the three e7e .wi~~1~sses _the accused,.' s denial o,f the killing is mer.it.less. The issue fs whether the the accused killed hi•~ late sori Naishengai with malice aforethought. .. Mughwai learned advocate for the accusecl. .submitted that the 1'. prosecution did not establish tevond all·. reasonable doubt the killing was intentional.•• ;The defence cbtinsel argued that isince: the accused ~i '.-.f~imply ,intended to punish the deceased for,: strarigl:iJ:lg two' goats ti:i:it >. th~i:punisrime:nt ended' up being excessive thereby ca:using .the death Of t:he,,,de.ceased, .the .court sho:uld cipnvi,ct the accused of, the le.sser offence .. of ,.mans.laughter c/s 195· of.; the ·•penal code. It is further ~1;1brnitted by··the cJefence.::•counsel that PW. 1, PW 2 and PW 3 concocted. 1'\J:•.r· evide~9e aga:i.::nst t~ acpuse<;L.;in, .order -to· :nctimize him owing ~o strained fam:i,.ly ~elations :.witp; .his 1-~.ns~rang?4 first. ·i/ife, !who·.; h:as. since .. q.esert~d the.:•matr;tmop;ia+., ham€)• 'To. that. ;r,E!g~r.~ ·tJw accused sh9:Uld1!be given the benefit cif".the p.pJ.J,At and be acquitted of the offence·charge. ,,.,. ,, ~-, ... ,· '• ~~ two assessors who conducted the trial' .e.1cpress~d differing views. One assessors thouiht malice aforethought had not'been ••• /.3 "' ·;·•:·_'.:•• .. t 3 . . ; • . ,1 !'.··.. I ''I _; ~ :=established bY. \the Repubiic ·~hich w~·s represented by Mr. Mlarnbo, .-r,,. O J, . State Attorney.. for. wan~ ·of 'J c:l.ear 'intbnti6i'l'to kill, one. assessor ~. tui:c~ ~-~~ . ~ i!~;,.,1 ..... ~ . -··. ·,· · advised that the accused;tbe found guiitt of" the ,lesser offence of :.j•:. :_;s;:·. :~ -~..,..- /· ·\;,. •:·. . ,_.... ·._. \.' - ;· · · manf!jlaughter' c/s _195. ol thi ~nal t~6d~l ·' The other' assessor f.o'i.md the:, ,:- d-.· :) -~ 1•· .-·· _ . • " : ·,I.· ·1 ~ :\.i · ::..i. .,- . ··;..., :· . . .: ·. · .. intenti'on to kill had bee;in est6.blisheq. thro~gh the accusect· 1 s typing ·t •..1.•· -,1·,:')l > . ,,x., .<):i~: ··-. .. ~'.-·. :.-?-- . " :...f p iith a rope, the h~nds •J;8??,f · legs 'hf the ~~tim before inf.lict:i:ng ._ .!.· I • •· •••• .,[. • .•J • the fatal assault~- · '· i, .. . :.:~ j". -~.. .' The accused slept. ovenu,ggj:, "f • . . ang • ; wo¼:~.,l-lP • • . in the mo~ning whe:z;-eupon. ~ ~ J ,, • 9, ~: • _i • ~.\_I • • :he ti~d up the l:µnbs ~ f the.~e rreing . ~on b~ fore:. seitting on the' tort 6us. 1 . ., · . .i .. '" . .. · : l :- . · .... , ass_ault.i. . Over the . 'hight the anger ...· o,f'i ! . the accused_·, ., had cooled down so . . ~ • l the assault of the deceased was simply aimed ,;t.:::punishing the errant go 9~)~iller. However,. th('.? a_<;9u_ ,.. . . : ,· .. ,_- -~. 'I: r . - • . 9ed,_· got• carried'. away and flagged the s)..eceased fatally, :f~; in exces~ of ,.rn~re puni$hment. ~ ..• -.__:! \ Since the accused Is intention could have been to,punish but not to kill the deceased, there • o,•.·•J• i's some doubt on th~ existence of malice aforethought in the ,_circumstances. In that regard I would agree with·one of the assessors that in the absence o! a clear intention tQ.kill~the deceased, the accused sho}lld,be, -arl4, . is hereby convicted of the .lesser offence of manslaughter c/s 195 of the penal code forunl~~fully · causing the death::of his son Naishengai Sukunda~ The defence. ,.., is-;- not probable ih the li'iiht '\,·f "lhe strong evidence adduced by the three eye witnesses, '?,i 1, PW 2 and PW .3. In view of the a.J;,o.ve, the··-~accused is guilty and convicted of 4. . . . . . : ( 'l manslaughter c/s 1</5 a,_f th~ P~no.l Code. E.N. MUNUO 16/12/1994 - JUDGE:•·· Assessors: Both present State Attorney: Mr •. Mlambo '·1.. .fl_.·, ·,. 4 == ·,i 1"1.:·:-;1 The accused is a first offende:rJ . ~~ is a first ·offertd~r• . . (,, ;·,; •!' j I 1 'i L, ' -; l- i r· t ,. '. :··,·.. ·.,' '. • Mi tigatlcm by Mr~ Mughv.rai for accused: ·• . j The accused is a first, offender. He is above the age of He ·h~s been m chs:t'6dy ·)-.J; ,. ; for about,· . 1 two. years now:. ,' The;a.ccu:sed: siimply intehde1I to punish but hot ~o kill, his s.on.·•c:As:.:•a parent the accused h~d the right' . to pw::ril!Jh, the, child, ' . . ,J.t. is unfortlihite t:Hit' . in death. We. PPP-Y. £or, liniency fol' the dece~sed• · , '1 +~.i. ::,:·1 ,·.. Sentence·:. · _The accused is al"l, el<:i.eyrly man and a first offer\.cl'.er. He suffered the loss of k.illing his own.-child which will haunt him for the r~st of· h~s ,J::~fe• ·• I hereby certify this to be a true copy ofthtit'driginal. \ \j" \.__.-(),~ ' DISTRICT REGISTRAR ARUSHA ENM/vm.