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The Court of Appeal allowed a criminal appeal, holding that an out-of-time cautioned statement was inadmissible and that adverse inference arose from a missing material witness.
Court of Appeal upheld convictions for rape and abduction of a girl under 16, but excluded an unlawfully recorded cautioned statement.
The appellants were properly identified by witnesses who knew them prior to the incident, rendering an identification parade unnecessary. The prosecution evidence was credible, corroborated, and properly evaluated. Cautioned statements were admitted and read out in court in compliance with legal requirements. The conviction was based on strong prosecution evidence, not on weaknesses of the defence. The prosecution proved the case beyond reasonable doubt.
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PW8 did not read or divulge the contents of the cautioned statement before its admission; he narrated what he heard from the accused without having the document in hand. Therefore, the objection lacks merit and the cautioned statement is admissible as an exhibit.
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The appellants' cautioned statements, corroborated by prosecution witnesses, proved the case beyond reasonable doubt. The charge was not defective, identification parade evidence was expunged but confessions and other evidence sufficed. No procedural unfairness occurred in closing the defence or admitting exhibits.
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The convictions were quashed because the charge of armed robbery was incurably defective for not specifying the person threatened, the identification evidence was unreliable, the cautioned statements were inadmissible due to procedural irregularities, and the conviction for unlawful possession of ammunition was unsupported by a seizure certificate.
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The Court of Appeal quashed a wildlife-hunting conviction after finding an inadmissible cautioned statement, flawed disposal of perishable exhibits, and evidential discrepancies.
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashing convictions for unlawful possession of government trophy and firearm after finding evidential and procedural defects.
The Court of Appeal upheld Joshua Mulindwa’s convictions for breaking into a school and stealing documents, but reduced prison terms imposed beyond the magistrate’s powers.
Failure to conduct a voir dire examination and record findings for the child witness, and improper admission of a cautioned statement recorded outside the statutory period without explanation or inquiry, rendered the conviction unsafe.
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