19850419 TZHC Mbeya

m THE HIGH COURT 0~ TA.NZ.ANIA AT suM1r~vrj1dA : I. ·. _,· ORIG;INA:L JUM3DICTION . · · . :_ ·' .· :.ri:'._.f~~·ya · Reg-is;t;-~y}. :··' .,, r · · : cIUMlNAL s~p.s~ON~-;~qASE .)io,, ~H\ ?K •1i--l1 :JUDGEMBNT MWAJ;USU. - r ~ ~r J • ._; :. r··.i:J_-,c,;i£~ . < :J:i':Od.~r,. ·•..,· V~r, · l;;::; Tbe fac1~~ed, •. on-e ·Mambo Kotneli s.tanda:L~l1!~r~~"/f-l.t~. t~i8:.i:-,. off1fnP.,:rPl fv"'U;der' ·? /s r9r, of the' Penal,):C od,ft_,£~p ~- ::-Iq r(:J&~.L , .tj T' part;ici.;t,,la.rs of the/'offence beinif that c0tl 14/"2/;S,I .a,t. ~aginya • • •• • ,_< • . :• .• ••-• .,.• ,' ,!•' • .' .· : r~ . ::.; r' ' • • • • •, • ' . ~'-• ~; • . ) . I •• :1trJri-).l.a?~:t1.ti,~-h~n_.~t~~da Distric:t_1 ·Rukwa ,,R~gi-~,· ,,.th~1:PtP-BB-fJ~t.... ,., · ,~}l!'de~.1~ one s/o Nzokurejo. • . ":. · . ,-; .-,,-!;i { ,,/l .h':f;, .~.1:;~~:ni The accused,:~pJeade,9-, n·of· guiit,y' to t1-t·e ·ch11:r.ge. ,x-:D•.· .c!. , . .: -; ':.!f:; ('; ,·,; . ,t•·'' .::_··, ' ;~i~;(:r· ·:_rj_'. (,_ 1:.,··.·-rr..-C··•·, Evidence wa.s:.·irn;:~·:-addupE;Jd on t~~ pro~ecution side by folll' '~ :.t ()Ti · :~ !•, ,:: .,.; · · .'.·. . ··:. !l;t.- .. /) C witnesses,'. namely.the Pnl.I? '-One ~if:i:Loza.__ dlo Maungal'.e, who"''· i~·:·;if'~ 1 cif the d~ceased, and,)r~.?~~~;~P,f_ .- ·•. • , . · . !f_i'fiagi,~''.';,·i ')',,:.:-r-j:1::-·--.. ,...._-., ~••,; : .. 1 ':&;~~i~ya '·-'J,J,_,,,,.,. :,, l,1 the P. W.2, · one.. N'<;Y.r:;-B.

3I6.6 Sg-;t •,:.,J;l'.½~,? of ){atp-]:J}')a p'ollc'e Posc.t"' .. ·•.-l '( r· . ) ..... . .. . .. -·' .' ' ··."'.~ -.1.:::~r;1 ,..,.. ,-:: ,.,,, ,,.., ·i .✓~ . within Mpanda Dis•tr:i,c~ ;;_ the ~~ W.),,.;' _on.~) ~Johl'.]., MC.h~~, · ~ '· ·. .r · . r _. ~ · .• -" , . ·, r r · ·· r.· ; ; ..., - .·. Medical As'sistant1 statia:ned aj~ .:Mp~n?Jflr (rOVEffnrnent 'hmf~it'a'l,. i but at time ~-staiifofrad. at Katwnba He~lth. _-rand''.it½l>ff f'W' ~4, ~ _., • • '( • '·,jJ, 1 •.' • . . CeKtre, .r•·~f...1·. ; • ' l ; ,, •. 1 ,~., -1- ;. '(••• ,r. !-_ one;:N6. t.. !3657 -B/Station -Sgt. S:i,,tJon of_ ~UI?b8:W:,a;nga_\poli~·- stati{)n, th~n stat-i0nea,· a-t )Mpanda. pplice''. stat1_6n ari'ti t:fie\r .:, ~ - - .' . '. • • .••-'~.;..,.i ·f ·- .! ·-, , ,r , · i,. ·, : .. ·evid:ence stands as .f~r1'lows_~:: :' . . · · ' · · ,,· l.- ... •. . . :'" ., ..., .... -...,~ ' .. ;... ..! : ,. .. ~ ' 1 : ,! :t :n . / 1:::..:::. . . • . Ct.~: .. ··.. · ") .-,·· .·, r- ·,, J<'-..~ .··,. i_: .°7''"'·· - _¥ :~e~_tJf'.ii,ed :1.?~11 ,~ey th'.e P.W.• I. thf~":a,tc~sfq_q,,~s lr'tR-B?d . ne!~qbou± of·· t~ e de<rncfsed} 'who, du+:"tng fl P.e;JZ1i94 of ,-~,l\9~t. , · •· · rr" .. i . '.: · ••· . . :;:• (.,.~. " .. t. •:-. .· ·-·-') 1 : 5 :to' 6 Y~ffpS prior tb·_:the 'day ofr,the ,irt~iden t f-7..,lyf~· ,~~y·f3.3i'., ~e.ei1 heard ,-i ; to' quarrel.-· ;It' ii !aI:s'.o in: evidence as, :t~§tifie4::·~ i -r, . ' . ..

··, .. . ~ . .. "i ~ .• , . by th~ ~P;W;:t and P.W/3; ,·th~1b--:on I3/I/8[/t11e a9cus~d~,.- . 1 ••,.,:):' experien6~·cf·ji 'Spell ;{ menta.11:,<tisturbanc(~._when h~rw~s' s~en runriirig •a boti.t 'aimJ.e'ssly ah d'., 6hasin,g,-. O:the r ·with', a villag;;s·. panga · ~fter'-wh:i'ch :hBi; was.r: arrest>ec;i: and taken,:.Y:9., KatumJ:>,a __ ;~e·a1th .. Pent::t~'-'-ivitlf.his hands· tied'••up,1 :t:~r·:tre~~pim,_t~.;-.-; pµ,_ ef~m-¼1ation . .! ·. ,. ' ' • . . . .· ., '... ' .. L ~ • . · . at ~1:-1,c_h health-.. Cent.re·· by, th-e :-P.M .Q,Jthe acqused ·~sh,~~e~1.~. negati~' results for' nia.J.arial ,pa.ra~ai~$:.-;_1He~:·Yf~S. th~.;~i~re . . ' ~ ! ·~. ~~~~-. :...· "c • .; :· T_, , '.• :.;·:·;fJ . ·..· suspected to be suffering from ·a ·mental .disease known as Schizophrenia, which d~i~~'$¥'~f:'tirn~;~,."~rtr~res the patient to do certain tlings';u.nltnowintslY• . The ~C':CUlfJ,e41w~~ then given necessary treatment . and showed,-sigp,s ·_ i_,:-: · · Lt' , of recovery : · after which he was discharged, as per -~~eatrnent card tendered as . .. •!-i·:;..t..:..- ..-...-, ..·-.- ' .... ,,..,,. . Jhh. P.I. It then ~u12'1ed,~::??t~th~l::'1:5\ t1:1c~,l~teful night the accused started fighting his wife➔~upon·wnosesnouts accused's neighbours including the deceasecl;;wlflo,\wi;ts ··-· ......... ··-~ accompanied . by l,:l.i,s . . wife, the P.W.I, turned out ;_to attend to such a.lam·;·

One'.;.. ~. Ndikor-Jacob .' .s/o.,)Uias. . , .. ,. ·.... , •.-';:-· ·,·• ... , ;J r•n·,. :Ls said- _to have_ (·_:,-r":C turned '.E_,;.~--·- out.'!-.fi1'S't'·11~t'·.t- 1,-!:":''r?,· .r~~: ··. . ·: -~-,-..._ L : • •• ·_!_(t.'J had ,JP, run- av@.y on. .P~ipg_atta,cked and. c:ut with , -· '•. ':" •• · a pangcil by • 1 J ·: --~, --·J;·.L:._;: ~ ·.1 ~-.' '-·~ .-.. i •:::-:· • ·. :·· .• ,t]1.~r:-~cpµ~,'i~~u·; ~rt,~15~ 9;+?:P~fsf~d t,he de~ease.d, follo}f~di 1~e_hf~d by_ h~s :)'f~f~, ..tll.Je trJI\r•· Jh~Y f 031;,.,d tJw. a~?~~;d S,~ar\~ing o~t,~~de his house at the door whi.~e. n.qlding _the:. pariga. It was lhen • • :1: ::.;,J·."::"-•~•. ' ·'·~:;•; ti("••.•,·,: . -~. •, ff l,_· ', ' • • when the deceased approached hirn and before the deceased: ·:. '· '.'.'~''~'"-ri_~ ...1 c--....-f-~- .-~~, :.. :·· • had time tO ·say-anything that the accused slashed hibf on the •:··,·11eck witW the- panga; artd:·let him:j)ili t·o the.,ground,, •:· TJ:rereaf-tiebrt;he· a:ccusecl r· . . ~ ::6ciritinued rto cut the: deceased ri th .L··. .. .. : . • . ._. )'' ' . his ·':pa:nga tin,ml' the head· was ch.oped .oft.~ 1;1,nd. the,:neck cµt into J5:!ie~et3 ~1 ::~nd. . then ~t ood byo1 .::: Upbn~ 'bhe:r:f,Wi~;(:~s\·shouts .n~ighl:>ours turned up· b~t co~ld not arrest the accused:}'}f h,s3. t~reatened t!iem;tot·te cut with the panga as'. ~vell. Tl1.~rirep9.rt was tp.en ~ 1 • 1seht to Katumba;,i police

Po·st a.b.01:1.t four mil~~,,away ~~nd,-at1@Ilded to·,b;f.the,rnr;W.2~· 1 ''IT'h~accus.ed.:c,9µld ori_ly b~ '3~~du~:?- ~11-~ ,.· arreste'.d.,·'·fby·•<the :P~W.2 ·afte~ 1ile-ine shot inJtlfie leg whenj:);1.~ fe.ll and dropped· his panga., 'J:b.e. accu.;3,ed was th@nrJtaiten t.o. Mpanda. police, siia.tion,· t~,ence,:·to ~p$.nda_ ' ' ' • , ' • f. '· G_overnrno/Ilt l}pspi tal. f.or • I •• ~ ~ ._ 1 .-...'' '· • ! j ! ) , l trea,tment ;( _,. . •.. ,·•IJ.fvestiga_ti9r1.. ' ·L . qase w$,s.._. thin· 19f the t-'·· taken µp 1.l., _.. , .. _...:(!, -·~ -·,· by •JI ,, ,· ''." ';'C')'.J.,( ... the :e,. W. 4:;: who, :-,~~_,,:the mornj_n_g 9f T5 /2/~I, PF90ee:d,e~\. t.~ th~ . .\ .- -•· ·- .· . - •. •,/,. . _.... ....,__ , ... •. ..-· .. (:i }. . •·: seen$ . . . of ,th¢.•inqid~n:t ,, .wl).;Ll;~·,j_~qc.q111pariied• , _ ·-· _: ·,I>:.,_!._·. .' by t~e ,D.,:M._O, c;me ·_ #:.,. -'· J . 1~ £:'-.:,.,r ~ '"4 t t--.. ~ ♦ '·f (:: ·-~ _j• ''(1 Dr~ Ba.di and led by th~ c1;ccu~_ec],' s ,wiftt,- :· Pr)..~ri[vai- a~_ .the· , , _L,. . . L \ ( ._. . "',,r_ ~ • ' •• .s... • ( J ·.. • ... : . . .• ! •.·•• •. , .J •. . ! _ .accused s ho111e they foun<l ,t:'l_e . bo~;i; .of <t_he. ,~ece~a~_~d. lyipg' < , 1 , !. • , -• l." (. • .• •• 1 • ., i .'; ~ ,: • • :_ I•~- {•..f ,,L:,L · ••• , •-• J,.,; ,It...~ · .... ; • ,r; ;" outside the house of the a.~w.u..sed. wit11-L its . . .' . . " ' :- :hi~~P.- .-: .... --··

.'. ~-t . • ,_s0J11e ... I ' .. !. ' _. .\ .I,: .. '.1 ' . : , distance apart, while t4e, nq9k. ,~ou}d,n~.t. 1)e se.e?}.-,; On , ,,_ iexaminatfon-; it, is .,the doc~or'·s.. ~pi~ion:.._;.>. th,~t ~· ' c1:~ati/wa"s due to .,t,' '.,J - ·: ,' ... _~·<.~ .. •• I \.,· I~( . : '. .··;~•,.:, • :,:.• hae-mgrrha.ge ocoo,sioried by :thp cutting off the, .de~e~s.-~' s head, t .. • '• ·" ;_., . :·:, .... , ..·,, .• .. ,,.':• .. ; l ,.·,: .::i ' . • ,'',o'. '' • •••• /3 3 with -a -sharp 'instrument ·which r~~port was t:Hen, 4 ~detetl· as an exhibit and 'adfu:itted as Thereafter·~wh~n the accused Exh~:e.2:~,--· had i'ec◊vered f'rort:'his woun·a. h~ _:fot charged_ with the· offence in questi0n,.· '\r .; . r:.,1•\·· .!· -. 1 :) '.· ·,,- ;_;Wh-e,n ,cetie:d upo~;;\1 ~liend. h'i°Il1~elf . ! ... ,·. ~r ac~us el declined . .. .. • : ;.' : : ·, : ._ .•.-: .! r ·,. • ;- . ·• . ,,, ! \t~~ .; 1 to sa'y anything.-~~~ the ground; ttat he di_d n'ot l{now 'anything as td;''how th~ 'ieaih occurr·~d'{ --~her~upon,: it. r-fu:~a, .· lei~ed COUnSel. for the acCU$ed submitted to th~ c·ourt: that on I/II/83, w]1;~ the ):l.cc_p.~ed ~$, for the f{rit ti~e c~lle~ up~ to· pl~ad to the: charg~. qn int-erviewing,;hiM it became ·~lear th,~t .AlS ,.pi,m-t~~ cond~tion wa~ s,uspect. 1, ft,2:ras the!)- a~pli~d' r ,_('byc~p.~::;d,~fenc~;,coun~~l a~d g~an~ed_:by '.·~~,e; ~urt.th~t t~ 1 ta~• -~-?.r ... : 1 ,. ,. ...

~9cu~ed. ,.,·; . . • . . . s,l}ou.l,_d , .. ' • ,_ be ~-~nt . . . _to.• Isfl:n€1;8; . . . ' !9.~n _-, ta_l.I h~~_pi • . . J .- observation and examination as to the ~ccused's s~~te _pf •• " ._. ' •_1_ mind at the 7 time. th.e.. offence i~ all~geq tp have be~n .. • . -· .: •' I.!. ;, ·, •' . ,·. ·• • ' ,!· committed. That. :W~$ .acco':tdingly doneL Examination by the Isan~- Insti tuti-~n' ·;~ychi~trist re-vealed t_ha t _t_he ···a.ccused·- 'llt ·~',. .: . ••• • .. Iii • • • • ~·.,. .. :h.~d 11;>_~181}_ }~ll~{,9r:r~!}g f7:om fa mental d\seat.e ~~-~;Wri }·S ~a~po·~d I ..schiz.oP,h.renia ' =.' i._. • , ,and. the!'E).fore • .' .: ' .l., ... .I ::. formed 'the: opirii:on :.tha·r··a·:e- the -· l.,: . I \.; l: -~ . • timer·· of ·,·the • r--:: commissi.on of the offence the accused ·was in~an.e :·-::-~·~.·::·~· . ~· J:·· •·j_f.-, .• ·-~- { .:.:: so as to be not respons~ble for his ac;tion.that le,<% t9-the • • ,f I • • • i .-~ .• I- • • .- •• death of th~-d~dea~~d;· On summing up to the lady and gentl;~~n a'sse·ssor;· .they were called upon to .giv~;-:th~ir '· opinioni:{''ifo ;"to -wh.ether the accused had caused ·t. he .. ileath of the deceased. Whether if they had so found the accused had don'e so with malice afore-thoughii; or if · ~-ucn mglice af ere thought was not there, ·c : .-i! . • . . ~he accused was,· at~_'_.tn,e: _tir,ne ., of the ~J>mmission of the offence insane so as to be

incapable of understanding what he was doing or·of knowing that he ought not to do the act • •[ " • ,,I, • 1 • • .- ••• • , • : :~t ...... I, .. : . 1 • f !'1 f. ;- :···It was· .then' ,th,e, unanimous. o;pin=i:,on of the lady and geriyJ~man .~_s_i;3essors: -that the accused caused the death of . the •·a·eceased;' but at, the tirne he did so he was insane as . not- to- be, ahle to; unde.rs:tari.d. what he_ was doing or kn.owing that he ought ..not , td,.d6:ithe .,,. act. ··• . -~. t. To that I wholly agree. I ... ·. . /4 .. ' 4 , . : ··, .. A.ccord;ingly, in• teJ.:roS' of ._.$ec~;i.'Qn I68 (I) :of the b .P.a•. it ·1s_ -~h~ courts spec~al,:•findi~g t½.at · the a6cus·ed die{ the act ·that led to the death of th.e dee.eased but. -by reaa0n ot his insanity he is not g~_lty :~"!. the offence charged·• - • f· !" . . . ; . ":·sgd. .MWAIKASU - J. . ,Delivere.d in court .-at ·sumba:wanga, th.is I9th day of A.Pril:_· 1985 in the presence of .. , Mr. Luna.:u; ... . State Attorney and , ~ -Mr.·--Mliula, Ad'Tocate,. counsel for_ ~.he accused and the a_ccused .; 1_ • sgd. MWAIKASU . I9/4/85 Order:·. ln tre!'I!Js' ·'of the prov\si0r1_;s of S~c:ti0n.,_I~$, (2) {a) ; · 'df ·the c·~P.C. the case '• . file . '-,. ·is to be . submitted . . t·o:. . . ~ ..i. ·:,thi/''Minist"e'r ot' Justice .for. . -~.- his necessary . a;,ction .•. •. Meanwhile. accused is to .be heJ:_d in cust.ody as ,a· Assessors thanked and dischafged. 'k.gd. . ftTT;f JU KASU - J. ' :I9/4/I985 I. . . . •. -DISTRICT. ,R3GISTRAR' ' · .:!1.'BEYA, ,·. : . . .. ' •