19970605 TZHC Arusha

' i j. IN THE HIGH OOUR'l' OF '1:AW..A Niil. •f("" , • ,. -., - CRII{CNAL. SESSION C.43E NO.- 32 OF 1995 REPUBLIC Versus ····•.7 .I ' ., . The accmi'ed.,·fl:n;jelo ·r1woleka, has·been:charged with murder ~/s 196 of the Fenal Code ;in that•iori the··'4/11/1992_he allegedl.-;f·~~re<l. UDA, Theopist.a Disrnas r:fonisi at' Babati Mi.nor Settlement within Babati (., .' .. .. ~ Theopista is dead and no longer alive. She was found dead in her room at Babati by PW 1/ PW ·2, PW 3 ~ PW ;--4~- PW 5, PW 7· ~d PW 8• The body· ., was taken to the•h6spi tal. for -f)d~trtiortem'- examination;· · The -:-postmortem· · .'f. ., , ,,; examination ~~-port,~,&chtbiL.f:-_J. . p~~tes ..that the . late The· opi-sta bi1?mas.. ., ,. ; chemist was not t~nd~1:'ed to show whe-~her the deceased died from pois9ning•:, _. _, .. - . :: r ~ _; ,. _. ; .-_:· There were.,,no, eye,,_1;1,i:t_:,nesses. :t.o_,the killing. _PW 2 ~d PW. 3, cfo-tenants • • •• • •.• ' ~-. • • • 4 of the deceased_.~:ta-f;,_ed,tha\_th~ ac~used);_ad a lover 1_ ,t;-:ie Accused-Anjela Mwolek3. who used: ~9i visit her., They,_ stated from the 3rd tci th~· 4th· November, 1992 the,_ac.i:n+R~-.d -.; . • -•~ .. ,.:. •. ,, •. ~-.. was- ass~ . 9.tingL. the·. deceased with,, ·\\household ~ 1, work because she .was :i.11 •.• '4'ne-_ two witnesses said that they ··~ :.. •• .. =:· last . saw the ·}., ,I' .. • • • ,. • • accused outside the dece~s.<:_;~ 1 s door,,s_9ok:ingo ...,,OJ:l the morn:ipg of the 4 . . ··• .. .·,. · ......... November, 1992 they saw the accused brushing teeth in the yard. They . : •,'• . ; •. j ·.•:·::·; ..·. . . ·. .. .. . . . . ( ;,·1 • • • • •. •• however did ncit see him on the morning, of. the 5/11/1992 and when the .;1,· •· deceased.'s door remained iocked until midda;; PW 2· became suspect and alerted neighbours. P'liJ 1 who happened to be passing by ~eped into the accused's room and noted that she was l;yi;g on thJ chair apparently dead. The police were. called in; they confirmed the death, PW 1, PW 2, PW 2, PW 4, PW 5, PW 7 and PW 8 all saw the Body~:of the deceas~d• = 2 = For some unkowri" r~~~~~s ~he ~aper and pe's.tid.de' bottle -found in the room of the deceased,_ arid their· ·respective, repo_rts from the hand- • • ·:. ~· 41; \ '. ~ ·: writing expert and the goveri:unent chemist were hot produced to establish ~,·~- .... or ru1e out the possibility of the a-ccused being connected_ with the m1:1-rder of his l lover.' Suet .evidence w~s material particularly becaus~ 0 the accused gave ·spec:imen~:-:ot tis writfug for comparison -vt:1.th the letter found. in the room o,f -:!;,he decease·d __"eJ.l·eg-inp; she had voiunteered to die because of her own problems. :1.; . The accused was chargeµ_ w:Lth the m_urder .. of his·.lov:er because whereas . J . -·- ' • . . on the night of the 4/11/J,99_~,PW 2 and PW 3 saw hirri helping his side-· ... · '"':';:·:-·~~--:.ti'..,::· ::- ., . . . lowr' with household co~_s, including cookingJ they did ilot -See h:im -6n the 5/11/1992 wtten the decease<i1S locked do;r had to be broken ~pen to get the deceased 1 s body auto The accused gave a defence (_: .- : . of alibi saying he was at Arusha when :_ ~ the killing was comm:ltt,~q -~.9_.,he. ;never killed his ·deceased lover.; .. - · ·- ,\ ~~ .. :_ /, .. -~- -.. . 12'.'the ,iss1:1e i•&.,whether Or 'not the circumstantial evidence add~;_ed·::l)..Y ·. ;' - _·_" P~-;-g.;arn;J .. P..W ]-.. i:r~s~stably .poirtts' to the guilt ,:of' the accused~ -~. >-• .-·-:::.~i: ,, • . .· •.·••• .,·· ••••• •, • . · ... · ,')i ·,·"./ _,. __ • -. • -'- '· _: · 't:ike' the 'assessors f am unable to say with certainity that the . accused_ murdered. the ··aeceased1il-·: The Hltter·, • - w -~ 'round''·()~- the table· in the ' ,.' accused ~s r.oom and the pestolde in the srrl~ll bottl~- should. have be~n ·~ .... • • • 1._ ,.; •.• tendered toE,ethe1'-' with their''repotts to eAab1e the. court to decitie . -, ... · :·-,:!~..: ~. ~ t~. ;.· ·=-~"!,r:-:_. .. whether the accused had any hand in the killing ·of tlie deceased. 0 , . To the : ·1 , -____ · ••. • . ~,J . .-!·: . . . ·:·. .:;, :.) f":~:_. absence of such :important pieces of evidence- the court has :t9 i'ir:id the .: ~-~ ·--~--:-.:<:~. =: ·_:· . .'°'X:.· accused :not guilty of murdering theopista Dismas Munisi. , .. In tne light cf the above the accused is not ~uilty of the charged murder. He is accordingly acq~i_tteci. · :..- E, N. MUNUO :!Y.2,~E 5/6/i997 ·- .. . _ ·--..----------A't-.ADisha this 5/6/1997 P~os i t1r. rshengomao: Accused: in person.· Defence Counsel: Mro Mirambo for. EiN" MUNUO 5/6/1997 be a true copy of the originali DISTRICT REGISTRAR ARU:31-IA ENM/vm.,