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The prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant committed statutory rape and impregnated a school girl, as the age of the victim was established by credible oral evidence, penetration was corroborated by the victim, her father, and a medical practitioner, and the sentence imposed was in accordance with statutory requirements.
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The prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant committed an unnatural offence against a five-year-old child; corroborated evidence from victim, parents, medical practitioner, and roommate established all elements; scientific analysis of sperm was unnecessary; conviction and sentence were properly entered.
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The Court of Appeal of Tanzania allowed a rape appeal, holding that the prosecution failed to prove the victim’s age beyond reasonable doubt.
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