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The High Court acquitted four accused persons of 33 counts including forgery, uttering false documents, money laundering, organized crime and pecuniary loss.
The High Court partly allowed a corruption appeal, setting aside the conviction for solicitation but upholding the conviction for corrupt receipt.
Material variance between charge particulars and evidence, lack of corroboration, and unreliable witness testimony rendered prosecution case unproven beyond reasonable doubt; conviction cannot stand.
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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, holding that the appellant did not abuse his position when signing a contract on technical advice.
The prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellants, as government agents, corruptly solicited and received a bribe in relation to their principal's affairs; contradictions in evidence were minor and did not affect the substance of the case; the conviction was based on credible evidence, not the number of witnesses.
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Court of Appeal upheld a conviction for corruptly soliciting and receiving TZS 240,000 in a tax-audit bribery case, finding the High Court justified in overturning acquittal.
The High Court upheld an acquittal entered after the prosecutor failed to appear, holding the trial court used the wrong provision but reached the right result.
The High Court upheld a corruption conviction against a ward secretary, finding he solicited and received a bribe proved by marked notes and powder evidence.
The Court of Appeal upheld an acquittal in a corruption case, finding material inconsistencies meant the alleged solicitation and receipt of bribe money were not proved beyond reasonable doubt.
The High Court upheld convictions of two police officers for soliciting and receiving a bribe. It held the complainant’s evidence was sufficiently corroborated.
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