20060524 TZHC Dar es Salaam B
The conviction was unsafe as the main prosecution witness was a criminal suspect with possible malice, and the supporting evidence was insufficient and doubtful.
- Citation
- 20060524 TZHC Dar es Salaam B
- Parties
- Appellant: George Mapunda; Appellant: Wemma Abdallah; Respondent: The Republic
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 24 May 2006
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
- Outcome
- appeal allowed
- Legal Topics
- Corruption, Appeals, Evidence, Bribery
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
George Mapunda
Appellant
Wemma Abdallah
Appellant
The Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appellants solicited and received a bribe of shs 30,000/= from Azizi Raisi as an inducement not to arrest him in connection with theft of DAWASA water pipes
- 2 Whether the conviction was safe based on the evidence presented
Ratio Decidendi
The conviction was unsafe as the main prosecution witness was a criminal suspect with possible malice, and the supporting evidence was insufficient and doubtful.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed
Orders
- conviction quashed
- sentence set aside
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