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~- _/,/ F •flla~ , APPELLATE Jilll.ISjJICTI0.N mmr COURT CRI1'1IlJJJ, APP.CJ,L no. 145 OF 19G9 ORIGINAL CRIMINAL CASE i'TO. 14 OF 1909 OF TITC DISTRICT COURT OF ICTS.ll.PJI.UI: :iJISTRICT AT ICTSJ:J?.f)TE Befo1~0 Ii\E.J..,. Muyn.!J Esqo !J Diotrict ric.cistra.to S'I'UMAI KONDO MVUMJI. & 2 CY.rIIERS • 0 0 •••• C • 0 • • • • 0 ,, ~••••••••• 11.PPELLJ\HT (Ori{3incl Accused) versus TIJE UNITED IlliPUJJLIC O -6: :II O c O o O d' e- 0 • 0 • I ~ '- ~ • • Cl • 'I# • 0 0 O o 4 d .t, 6 C • .;; :0 RESPONDillJT (Ori{3innl Prosecutor) JUDGIV:iJ:J.ifl1 STUMAI KONDO MVUMA, SID..Ell!H JUHL. B':-!ASIIllRI ii.ND ALLY SL.LUM Sil.LUM: were o!w..reod Hi·i;!1 ancl convicted of robbery ui·~h violence o/s 205 and 206 of tho Pena.I Coclo. Eooh was sentencea. to t:.n.rty yon.rs inprisom.1cn·t plus t.·1elvc strokes. E2,0h of tho convid; has nl,!)or,,locl ~ainst the. conviction end scntencoo Thora is sufficient ovi:loncc of robbery. T10 ,:i.f,in ques·tion is nhother the appcllt11rl:is were the robbers,. The trial r.1nurristrn.tc ncooptod tho eviL:cnco :~or tho prosocu·cion that tho o..ppollcn-l;s were ·bho robbers. Supportinc the oonvict-:- ions9 Mr~ K..-i.;,:1b2., lon:rnod State i~tto1"11oy for tho Republic stn.tod that tho o..ppollruits ucre well known tc tho iL1o;.rtifyinc wi tnossos and :further tb£..t the idontifyin::; witnesses were rc.ln.t·:id to two of tho appollnnts. It was not possible in tho oircv.nstnnces fo:: t:~o 11it11ossos to have told lies nga.inst their own relatives .. These n.ppoals nust ,:,uccGed: ·[;here is clear oviclcnoe th<.·yh the throe idcntiffyin{; lii tnossos wore not uurc of t!..,o iLlenti~liic □ of tho three robbers nnd jusJc picked on tho arpollnnJ;s t,.) s2..vo the skin of Sci di ICb.alf ani Docclul)ozi (PU·1 )~ If the throe idor;tifyin:.: uj·'.,:.1ossos uoro reclly corto.i:.1 of tho identities of the l"obbors, they woulJ. have ;,w~~tionod. then on tho very cL.tY of tho roblJC•r;; • . ZCt.ina Saidi De{1'clubozi (Hl6) OVJ of t\e identifying wi·t;noss hwl 011 this nic;lr~ ·i;wo oppor·~uni ties to na.:ic tho :r0lJbo:$: u!10n she first went to seek the ussiotcnoo of n. 110i3'hbour Mgcni S2..lur.1 @ MlJQu •~rJ3) c,nd ln.tcr when she wont to report t~w robbo'.r'"'.f to ·the :Ta.rel Ser.rotary f•tlorn;.ti. Rash.id Mpan£r.i.lo (PH11). To Mffoni Salun @ Mlmlu(PTT3), the assistru1co w1.s i:c:.:.[,'l':l:i uhile tho rol:ibory was still tclci.n;:; pla,co whilo to Sulor.1a.11i Rash:.d Mpang.i :~o (.i-1r·, 1) the ropor;i; was nw.lo soon n.ftor Ji;llo robbery.. In nei t!10r c.1so die. 2. lino. 3-cic1i Dcc;clubozi (PU6) r.1cn;i;ion the 11['J.1os of the appolla.nts. Uhy? Tho j, ~mr:;i:\~in;:;; uitncss on both. those occasions wn,s in no dru1(.\'or ·of her lifeo She !,o..d \1ot :.10ntionod the iclcntifaos o;f tho rob1)ors J3..:~1Y.: been.use she did not knm th,..::1. Incl.eccl even in her cviclcncQ sho uimilll1e;·ly a.dni ts thi.., 1,0sition yhon she c;d er ·;;_'..fl,t -~:10:rc was 110onlic;ht on tho nich·i; ot tho robbery ru.1cl that she had ;:ia:.acul fo ::ice the appollnnts properly -fron c. cli □-:­ truice.. Du:~ r.,6 Has tho only wi ·a :iss tl1c:.'; testified 011, the noonli 0ht on tho lti.tht O 1· - 2 - of tho robbery. Ucy? Even Mlrulu (?if3) cli(l not testify to this fact nnd yet PW6 11cnt furthc:r n.ncl stc:ted thn.t when □!10 nnd PH3 wore coinc to -the mcl of p1f1, PU3 ,ms told. l).y Stunai. Kondo Hvu:1n., tho 1st c.ppollant hto return to hio . \ house otherwise he ],ias coing t27'be s:.wt uith the G'Wl• On ·l;b.n.t throat, :Mkulu ran bnck to hi □ house .. 11 Pl13 never :dvcrtccl to t:.:is in these colonful detcils. Pvl3 s-'catocl.:' ,...,. when I was 011 the wri.;;r -~o P111 rs house, I hcnrd people tellinc ne to return whore I was coninc; fron, A person ch..1,sccl no up nnd I returned ·l;o ,.ry house. 11 -- pU3 did not tallc of tho 1st appollc:int tellillG b.:L-:-i to return to his place' bu-t 11hoc..rd pooplc"• !Io further n.clrlcd whc.t was no-'i; sn.id by PH6 i. c. tl~.D,t he had boon chr?.s0d by one of those pco1,le ho heD.rd t0ll hin to return to his hone. Why -'cheso contradictions. Those contrudictions n.port Saidi I(]ui.lfa.ni Decolubozi ( Ft-T1 } oo:::ies up with a sto.:tcr.1011-t; t!1at contradicts bot!1 tho evidence of his wif c- PI-T6 and of his neichl)oui~ P1T3. IIo testified: 0 IIa.vinc uivan then the keys, tuo oftho:w left tho pln.oe nnd ono of • thea rer.rnincd n.t the pla.co. Thc.t un.s the 3rd accused who ordered rae to lie doim, Ile kept the c,w.1 on r.iy chest a.ncl tolcl uc to ltoop quiet. By then ny wif c sho~'ttccl :for help n.nd people oono to the scone. One of ny neic;hbours one Mr. 1'1J.mlu Sn.ltu-:i ua.s the first ~o .cot1e to the scc110 whore he not r.1c still under the custocl.y of .tho 3rd aoousea..· The.::._3rd a.ccuscd threc..tonod to shoot hir.1 ~nd he rcn ['}.vay• Thereafter the 3rd n.ooused rc..n awo.y.,. 11 Who is tel.line ·i;hc truth out of t~:e ·i;l:iroc witnesses? Pt-T3 atn.tcd he never cot to the scene of orir;1c on the that ni[;'l1t 2.11Cl he is in this supported by Pl-16, uife of .PvT1. Y0-'G PI-11 lnsists that PtT3 uc..s the Iirst one on ·i;hc socno of cr:iJ:lo nnd il~ tbn-'G in respo11sc to an aln.rr.1 re-isecl by ?.76. PH3 olon.rly states that his lttenpt to of:Zor assistn..11ce to Ft-T1 oa tb.c relevant niJld; wn.s after tho wife of Pff1 i.e. PW6 ha.cl 11oonpellocl lrir.1 to co to -'~he plnce §or 11i7 t1icl not like to co·. thorc becr.uao lJi.iJ UM rJ.one. £riJ :tee.reel to bo ~1..-z.:1cd. 11 Yot FtT1 · tclko of noiJ":1bours f'lockine- to the scene of crine wi-'i;h Pt·T3 tho firs-'.; to m-ri vo• Saidi Kb.Dlf nni Degolubozi ( Pt-71) clid not r.iention tho appellants to the wa.rd sccrotn.ry (Pi"l11) on the norninc follouin2; the robbers. IIe dL·. not even r.1011·ao11 the foot tl1n.t Pl-13 hod found hir.1 still m1.Clor the ohn.rc;o of -;;110 third ooousod now the third o,ppollnnt. i-Tha.t ho tolcl ti.le Ha.rd SecrotD.ry wn.s tha.-'i; he was goi:.,e ·i;o r,rnntion the identiU_os of the robbers to tho police. IIe ditl no such -'.;lune uhcn the police v.rri ved 2nd oven wl;on axrcotcc.l oml put in rer.w.nd. It wn.s VG!zy' nuoh lato;r thc·1;!; he inplicatcd the n,ppE1ll211-'cs. · 1-n:iy? Likewise his dn.ughter, Rchcr.m Saidi Illiclic..ni (PI-T2) did not dislose tl:c identi tics of Jello n.ppcllnnts w1til very nuch la.tor. ln:iy? Eb::rnnininc the detmls of the evic.lo;1cc of Pl-11, Ft-,2 nnd Pli6 1 one secs D['..11,';r contra.diotions in the n0,tcrin.l. dctcils o:Z who w0,s the first rol)bcr in tho houoe ni'l.d. whether all of the robbers ho.,d cot inside the house; on how they ecinocl oocess to the house - whdhcr tl1ey identHiod thcoselvos to Pll1 before forcine their ontcy, 1-rho wa.s c8.t'rying 11Ju,,;i; wen.pon and uho smcl uho.t and in wlmt sogue,.1cc. There is totcl co11J.-"'u.sion in tho tostiaony of tho three witnesses. Indeed, ' as al.roru:ly pbin·i;cd ou-'i; above, R11 nn.d PH6 contrwict ee,ch other on even bn.sics of whether both of then had been present on -tho scene of .orinc t~iroughout the ·i;:L-:,g •• •• • .. ,•I 3 ..... J.. th0 robl)cry -W1'.,S tcltinc plac0.o The -~1ro uit:.1osses PW1 CJ.1d Pi-T6 oven co~1trli:r1.~ th0i.1Selvos on ·i;l10 r.121mor of dopG.rturo of the roblJors. m-,c:.t I gathor fror1 clJ\-, this is tlle.:t t:10 throe wHnossos P.T1, P1i2 a11cl Pw6 nro E.£i oroc1iblo wi tnc □ scs, · ;: :•~ . {4 They r.rc ~--~or~ and n.ro clcmrJ..y hic1ii1{;. so;:ic.thiil{; but nonetheless b3nt ·on %µt·t:u_~5.~d innocent pGoplc in trouble.. On thoi:r cvic~onco j it con not l)a said that !fho .-~ . --~~~~ o~u.enco of icl.0ntific0tion of the ·tb.roc 2,ppollants n.s ·chc rob1Jers is wn.tcr tir?~ ~1· . . J1. l i t 02.n be scid is that it is very, very unsa.tisfootory n.nd ·chorcrore noG sa;i:: ',.. 'J-~ . ~ to bn.sc oonv"ictions on thoao I allow ec.,ch- of the tl:ree o.ppoalso Tho oonvi.c_t1011 .. ;-_· ,· of tb.e nppollOJ.1·i;s arc qu<'..Shoc:1 unc.l tb.o i:.::1po:--Jocl sentences set iisidc. En.ch of ;tf.i·cf:·i' ,_; three o.,ppcllo.J.YGs is to lJo sot froo r1,·i; once ·w1lcss othorrriso ln.wfully holcl o;.1 .. Corrung RODfJ,lf~, J. Pc.rtios c.bsonto Juc.l.@i'lont deli vorecl., ~ ·::-···-., ~ ~~:,..,.\..,~ ~--,.1.:.cx...:.-...,......,:.:i._ YAfJYli. RUB:fillf11. JUDGE 6/2/90