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The High Court allowed a traffic appeal, quashed convictions for causing death and injury through careless driving, and acquitted the appellant.
The High Court quashed a traffic sentence because the trial court failed to address the accused on special reasons before reducing mandatory licence cancellation.
The trial magistrate committed fatal irregularities by including extraneous evidence from a post-trial locus in quo visit and by convicting under procedural rather than substantive law, rendering the proceedings and judgment null.
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The Court of Appeal dismissed a criminal appeal because the appellant could not be traced, had not prosecuted the matter, and an indefinite adjournment was unwarranted.
The High Court partly allowed a traffic appeal, quashing a conviction for causing death by dangerous driving for insufficient evidence, but upholding the insurance conviction.
The High Court dismissed Martin s/o Pakoni’s appeal, upholding convictions for dangerous driving and unlicensed carriage of passengers, and the sentence imposed.
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against convictions for dangerous driving, causing death and injury, and using an unlicensed goods vehicle to carry passengers.
The appellant was found to have driven dangerously by failing to reduce speed, not applying brakes, and not alerting pedestrians, resulting in the death of the victim. The evidence, including the sketch map and witness testimony, established that the appellant's conduct departed from the standard of a reasonably prudent driver, justifying conviction and sentence.
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The High Court allowed an appeal against conviction for causing death by dangerous driving, finding the accused drove at a normal speed and took reasonable evasive action.
The appellant's dangerous driving was established by circumstantial evidence, including the nature of the accident, the injuries, and the distance the body was dragged. The appellant failed to take reasonable precautions and did not report the accident within the statutory period. The sentence imposed was illegal as it was below the statutory minimum.
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