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' .. ' 1+-l c bs~ ( C0:."1:..M: Ny:,,lr-.,li 2 C.J •• Mcl~".'.f.le, J J, •.. :~ft.cl, 0n<'-r, J ef. •) . I CRD1IN1.L 1'.PPELL NO o 22 PP 1988 'I:-.2. DiiIBCTOR OF PUBLIC PH.OSECUTIOJJS •••• •. • • • . • • • •, • • •• •• .".PPELIJJ:JT 1 A1ffi 7..'UD/. ITIILIPO •• •• ., ••••• , •••••••••• ,, •• , • , •• , •·•., •, • •• • RESP01l])I:l'TT (Jp:,cr-.l. i'ron tl:o acquittn.l of t:,c ~i(:;:.J. Cuurt of T:-:nzMie. at Mw~Z<',) (r.m;.LUG/.NYL.' J.) Do.tc<l 14th DoccrJbor, ·1987 ill CrirJ:i.n..-u Soeoions C::i,so No 1 111 of 1985 ~- .. rif:• ! . JUDGfil·IENT 01:' 'Im: COUilT I II t·t< 'tc "T\ ; : .. IffI..T,:~LI C.J.: j I t-, \ tjl'r~~;,_ . I Tl.lo respondent, Fricl.:i. w o Philipu, W"'S ch:-:rgocl in: tt.e ITi{jll Court on . ('.: ff\; circu.i t·:.nt Ifukobc?. ·wtth ·t..:e ofi'onco of nuru.or,.. ----- ; contrr-.ry' _to section 196 o-f tho . ·t.t} (,;~. Pc,1:-1.l Cello J but wns found not @}.il ty by- rc:i..son of ins,:i..n_i ty und.er the provisiona I ·: i tfl j',' o:: soction 219 eub-eoction 2 of t!w Cril:,inn.l Proeocluro ~'I.ct, 1985 :;,.nc.l w::is coL1r.1i ttod t •· .to prison ~-"'S •.a. crinin"l lu.11"'·\;ic J,.· _j ,_ " 'Ille Director of I\iblic Prosocutions, [., f h..,roinc.ft0r cr:llctl. the, D.i: .P •, wns :IC[';ricvocl 1:y ti.1is decision of tlle IIic;1 Court, ! l i. • ,., hc11cc ttis c.ppo~l to ~:is court. Mr. Bilr.ro, le:-.rnod Sfato li.ttomoy, c>.ppo-u-od H· ..,.. ~ tuo •7

f':Jf - D.P .P. whore<'..S Mr. Rweyor.i.'.'.Cilll, lor.-.rnou. ndvoc:,to, Ic.p:,cr.red ;~or fue :•:')l' I f• {t,n .'. I' ·• \ l'-,!S~>unL.onte Two i:1;:-.in grt:;und.s wore sub..:i ttoll in t!:w G0r.iorc.ndw:1 of ",ppcr..1 ::-..ncl t t.~ tr.' .. ;.,. ~ t!., ey oscontfally chl'.'.llenco the fin<:i;13 o-Z ,,;;.10 lo!'xncc1.. triri.l jud::;o on in:.ri:;.1i ty. f' i·~- . r" ,_ 1:'ro□ t:lo proceO(lincG both in t:..,is court n.ncl t:1e coui•t below, it io r,ppr.ront .: : / t , t r.10ot of tlle prir.1~ □r..tte:rs in 'c).].ir; c·~oc- 1:'.re not in\i.lioputo bo·l;wocn ·hhe I,_. . ~ • I · ,/ i,~r-ties. I'i; is coo;:.,011 ~ound tilnt the ros:xm~'.011t wr-,s one of tto Hives of one 1.· l · r_Phili})O s/o }.nos (P.W,1), a resident of Rwmr,tcto/M-uronc~ vill:i.ec ill Knrr,c,1·10 .... ,L Di;:;t.rict J ~ho oth1:;r ·cwi-Ze-wcT:! -:luf[ib1in' w::.ion 1:o ;~_;;;·ied in '1978. }.nut:K-r wife Wfl.O ~ :_o,1c, ,:olon::-., n~10s0 n:1rri:'-c•·e to P.W.l ccllnpsod ('.Ud she loft be~iind. two young t; . . . t :~·.n.::.:rcn, n':llnely, Consk.nsi::-. :-.nd Wilson. T.:.o responc'..ent who crot r.:o.rriod to P. W.1 l t" in 19_74, !1"'.d only ono c'..;ild of the co.rri::i.:;c, th-,t is, one ,Don:::.ti• IIelon::-..'s i _"c:..._:n_dron were left unJ.cr tho en.re of tho respond.ant, w:.10 lovocl thoo ·n.s r~ucll ..,. I , :~o sho lovc-d Don~ti, hor own c~ilde f·.,. r'! ·-;., • • : ._/2 ;~ ~ /·.. ~--c._. .. ,

__.t.J ,. .....,.., ;, I I ,. ·~ i1 .. 2 • ' On the 27th/28th juJ.y, 1983, at about 10 pem;.,. P.W.l ho.cl been -sl.ecping I in tho house of Angel in,3., when he was awakened by the rcreams of his ...., c~1ildron, who had boun sleofinC with the rGspondent in o.nother house. When PoW.l arrived o.t -~l:~houso~ he founcl __ ~~--l~oltecl ,::md the respondent wo.s u .. • .' :,. ; . ·:1 · ..}. roluctruit to open the door ::.or aim.- 2is throe children cryinc1 wi t:1 po.in from vicious wounds inflicted by tho P.W .1 broke into the 11.ouse a.nd :.:ou.nd rtll ~i '. respondent with o. bush knife. 'Ille resr,ondcnt wn.s sto.ndinG on the 'bed. o.nd t •· I_ wo.s uttering uninteiir;iblo words liko a mo.cl person. r.w.1 got the impression : •: tho.t the respondent conceived herself o.s o. person o.lreo.dy dead. P.W. l ~~ r: '; ~,·.':\\:raised an a.lo.rm in rc-.sr,onse to which m:l.l'ly people co.me to. the scene ~ncl \~i ·.'(fl~~:~ the injured children to the hospital .'.l.lld- the o.ccu.scd person to Muronc;o fl:_::,. · . Po,r Post. One of the injured e].1ildren, t~l!:'.t is, Consto.n.10., died upon l : __ ) _: rc:.ctl,j,n:g the hosr,i to.l. \ ,. Subsequently, o. post mortem cxc.ninC'..tion wo.s I ~; _ ~·l._. ;:-orform\d on the de'.1.d body. confee:~ed to slns~iing the children with ~ bush knife, though she did not W:t1ile :1t Murongo Police Post tho respondent J i•t~ r· . ·., >,, know

:w~-zy l;J.io 'lctcd ::'.S she did. ., Tho police oscortcJ tho res,:,ondont b:,clt -~~ t . ,)l , to ~:Jr ho':~e..~:i~~.!ho lms:1 knife wo.~..::~tricvocl. It is common ground. also 1 t" tho.t for thrc~ d::i.ys \:irior fo ·~he inci,lent, tlle r-:.spondcnt ho.d been ~ . ii I ,f,.. : \ ·,~ ~ sufJerin,-~ from o.outo mo.}if-~"'.l '.'Jlcl h:i.d boGn un-:1blo fo o::,.t• ,:) .,: •'. W'.w.on the rcs,ondont m:i.cle1:J1or second appoo.ro.nco in tho Iligh Court i < . 1:. (::Jon \~e _11th. August, 1987, tho court m::>.d.c a.n order under tho provisions h,,_ ..... '\ ' . !,.,;I;:l. oi sc_ftif,.n 220 (1) of the Criminnl Procedure Act, for tho r,.spondent to be :r' /:" }-' corai1. tte:d tcr',Isnngo. Monto.l Institution for moclico.l ex2r.1in'l.tion o.nd :!···. _-.:.·.:·,, . . •· r .. ·r :. retior.tf :;Th.es '·~16:~ duly c.."Comined :--,nd. tho peychrio. tic report submi ttode ,!'. ,,. 1· ' ,~ ' ••• '·\ !' ;:·:~ ~~\-; ti,:\. Ii'rom ·t;he pr6ooodings lJoth in this court :-tnd tho co~t below, it is 1.-1' '. ,\ .. . . . f· o.pp'.l:r~t thnt the mo.tters in t:.1is C'.1.Se th-1t ('.re in dispute between .) ,\ \:.· ·'- . } ·~ ! --~., !~'. r I tho r)~I'tios lie wi tl1in :,::t no.now corapo.ss. It is tho prosecution co.so !·,, ,.;•• t :/ . ·· i ·th~t. tho rearondent intended to kill Const'.1.nsio. d/o Philipo whon she .·.(··· ~:\/· cl:lshdd her 'lfi th '.l bush knife. 'lhe defence cl'.so, on tho other

ho.nd, is 'i\; ·_, : ",'t: tll(],t the restiondont w::i.s ins::mo ::tt the time she 'lttac!;::,tl the three ~: ~ '\ ·,; . (.·, children, including the s~id Const~nsi::i. d/o Philipo • '. • " ;:i· ~··: ' . ,j /;_;·:2'.) .' .. 0 Q • ., ./3 -:ftr- i Jl'..r, --~- - - - - - - - - -·- \~.!-. _ _ _ _ _ _....,·.. 1J -'~,:..; ,~ --~ ~ ' h '( (,, ~ ..-;.. , . , ; , ~ Vu;.jl;f;.4A4J!Ai4!1~ ·, ' . ·:· ,◄ / ' : ~ .3 ' . The ma.in point for consideration and decision in this oa.se, therefore is whether the rei:tr,ortdentwns insane at the time cll.e attacked Oonstan~i, d/o Philipo and the two other children. The loarried trial Judge agreed with the two gentlemen assessors, who assisted him, that the respondent was incane ti ~~i..r·· \• at the time she o.tt,acked the throe children. In arriving at this conclusion, ' '; t!le trial court disrego.rded the poychio.tric report of Doctor P. Miclinel of .:"'!~ ,,. Is:1ne;a Medico.I Institution which :::.ppea.red to indico.to th~t tho respondent ,;. wo.s Slllle at the time she o.tt:-.cked the children, though she hod lost her self control. The trip.l court o.cceptcd the evidence of Doctor Mtero.; o. / .•!!' physici~, who tcstH'ied ?..bout the effect of .1n '.l.cct.dci m'll::i.rio. o.tto.ck. The loo.rncd trio.l Judge 1.3_t~_t.§.d i.tL his judgemeiffi- 11Tb.e an.id report is completolyqbliyiolllil;o tho pbysicn.l p:i.thology of the o.ccuscd o.t tho

crucial timo when the act l:, was done - for e.xrunplo in the C"'.se ro.t hr'l1d we lcnow thnt the ~- ! ·-. J· tJ- ~\ ,, .... - accused had 0.11 r-i.cute mnlo.rin. bout, but tho psycl1intrist is not ::i.wo.rc of it. So tl10 opinion of tho psychiatrist in t'.:iis Ci'..SC does not cri::rry much weight• Agrdnst tllt":b we h::we tho c::~pert opinion of Dr, Mtern from tho do;:'cnco sido which hi1150s -::. •~11.',.,1· ~ :, ~ .!•,'·,· \.' on tho pbysicoJ. po:~:'.lology- of the n.ccuscd c.t the c:rucia.i tiJne., 11 • • I ~ . l·l The essence of tho c<-,so for tlw D.P .P. ih this t:'.pponl is thnt t:io trial ,k, ,~ .j court erred in disrcgr.i,rding th.o psychir.-.t:rist :t-oport which is more rolovnnt \ to t:!.le mcnt(l.l st~.to of tho x·o:,!ponclcnt r.,t tho m:,.tcrinl timo t:.1r-J1 tho evidence of the pbysicin.n. With due rm1pect to Mr. Dilo.r.o who nppeo.rod for the D,.P •.P ., we do not t;:iink +,]1:,,t their c".se is well :founded• Dy n.-i.tu_ro, modicnl evidence is opinion evidence, n.nd :tilcods to bo:, tostecl 1)cforc it is nocoptcd. In the pr0sont cc.se the psyc'.,intrio report is not consistent with tho direct -~ I r ·1 r' crc-dible evidence of P.W.1 wb.ose evidence cloc,rly allows th::'.!.t tho respondent t~ ' C'icWO.El beb.1ving like~ci: mnd person. --- "~----~ . . On tb.o ot:.ior ho.nd, tho ovidoncc of Dr• '· j ,,j ~· ,...·i· , ~tore iG consistent with wh2.t P .w .1 sn.w..,

Dr., Mtorr.i. testified for tho •.,,;,l ~- defence in the following words:- -~~- ' ·1.1< ' L I • "Mo.lo.rie. omi effect one mentally. Thero is a kind. of malnric>, c~lled fancipal mo.lm-io. which nffocts tho hond mildly•·. T'aore ·.(~· 1 ~~ is colobr:1.l mo.ln.rin.. Th0 ·mo.lr1.rio. cru1 C<'llGO G. condition Hi th ,. ,,, . t; mD.nio.c outbursts or cggrossivcness• T'no pn.tiont becomes o.geressivo, Such condition C".11 hr:i.ppcn at nicht when one is •i•\' :~, .. i.~ t'l asleep• Th.c pn.tiont docs not know Wh8.-~ io or she is doing. :'•·.:~ If the il1cub,:-:i;ion period hns oln.psocl1 tho colobro.l mnlnrfo. can orupt. T!-:.o mn:niac outbursts onn be rodu.cod by_drucs, but by i taol:t' it c-,n go dm-me It .:'.ll doponde on th~ - t a m ~ , . · If it is too l!i@l then t~10 mn.nw.o outburl:!ts is also high but depending on tho red cells in tho body. If tho tcmporatu.re 't•. -·: goes down then the mo.nic.c outburst also '2'O0s down. ·· . . If not :bre::i.ted it cr.n go up ;,gr,,in. ·· At lor.st ..nftor 36 ~ours,, " It is not necessnry to be l'.. psycl1iatric to know t:10so thingsel':e .,, ' l /., .- ,,,...:,; - ~;,.~ .-.-· 4 '/ In -the light o:f the ovitlonco ,".'.dducod n:t tllo t:rinl, we concur wi'ca tho tri~.l court tb.,1,t the dof.1.mce sitl0 proved, on P. balnnce of probabilities as roqv.ired_ by 1:.:iw, thnt the respondent wc.s ins:-ne nt tllo time she nttnclcod the c:1i1dron,

including the d0cer,sode Sinco ·i;J.ie poet mortcin r0port 0:..':lws t~int t~1c doco-,sod died ns n rem.1lt of tho .'J.ttt:\ck, tho respo1,dont, io clor-..rly responsible for the de:i.tll of t!lc c!1ild 1 but by virtue of t:to r,rovi1.1iono o:::' section 219(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act, sllo w::-.s properly fO'l.u'ld 110'-t; r,-uil ty of -the We ;:,,re tll.us botmtl to dismiss t.'1is npponl, :·. ::, I t1nd 1we : order ~ccoi:diri.gly • :-'!· . ' ' :· ])fl.TED o.t MWAUZ.f. t4ih\ 8th dry,y of Doccmber, 1988. ,.'i . ~- ,/4~··-· ____ __,-/ .; Ji'• L. NYALAl-I C:IIEF JUSTICE L. M• 1/iP.KAME JUSTICE OI~ APPEAL •l /' A. M. 11.. OMAR . /•, JUSTICE or APPEAL i: ➔ } thi~- ~~/1. true -~'opy of tho origind / ✓~ (J. II. MSOJJ'l:'E) t• SENIOR DEPUTY REG!S'FRAR ,. I . • I \