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The prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant raped a child of tender age, with all statutory elements established through victim and corroborative evidence; procedural requirements for child witness and proof of age were satisfied.
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The prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant committed an unnatural offence against a child; evidence of child witness was properly recorded; absence of social welfare officer did not invalidate trial; defence evidence was considered and did not raise reasonable doubt.
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The Court of Appeal upheld convictions for incest and unnatural offences involving the appellant’s daughter, finding the evidence credible and the defence an afterthought.
The appeal was dismissed because the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant raped and impregnated a 16-year-old schoolgirl, and the absence of DNA evidence or birth certificate did not undermine the proof. The trial court's failure to evaluate the defence or procedural irregularities in sentencing did not occasion injustice as the right to be heard was observed and the evidence was credible.
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The prosecution failed to prove the charge of unnatural offence beyond reasonable doubt due to material contradictions in the evidence of key witnesses and implausibility in the medical evidence; the improper admission of exhibit D1 was also established.
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The conviction could not stand because the evidence of the child victim (PW1) was improperly admitted in contravention of section 127(2) of the Evidence Act and, once expunged, the remaining evidence was insufficient to prove the appellant's guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
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High Court criminal appeal dismissed after the court upheld a conviction for unnatural offence, finding the child witness evidence admissible and the alleged contradictions immaterial.
Second appeal dismissed in a grave sexual abuse conviction. The Court upheld child witness procedure, corroboration, mitigation, and the 20-year sentence.
The conviction was upheld as the evidence of the victim was credible and corroborated, procedural irregularities did not render proceedings a nullity, and the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. The sentence was enhanced to life imprisonment as required by law for offences against children under 18.
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The conviction was quashed because both the trial and appellate courts failed to properly consider the appellant's defence, depriving him of a fair hearing as required by law.
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