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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashed convictions for forgery and uttering a false document, and set aside consecutive prison terms.
Conviction for criminal trespass is upheld as ownership was settled and evidence supported trespass; conviction for malicious damage to property is quashed due to lack of evidence of damage and value, and the order for compensation is set aside.
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The High Court upheld Elias Joakim’s convictions, corrected the house-breaking sentence to five years, and ordered related sentences to run concurrently.
The respondent could not be convicted under section 270 of the Penal Code as she was not charged with that offence. The offences, though committed on different dates, formed part of the same transaction. However, due to the exceptional circumstances of the case—namely, the theft of a colossal amount of foreign currency from a public bank—the trial magistrate erred in ordering the sentences to run concurrently. The appellate court ordered the sentences for the four counts of theft to run consecutively, but concurrently with the sentence for conspiracy, resulting in a total of 20 years imprison…
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The Court of Appeal of Tanzania upheld convictions for stealing goods in transit and corruption, and affirmed consecutive three-year sentences.
The High Court upheld a 9-year sentence for forgery, uttering false documents, and theft, but corrected consecutive theft terms to run concurrently.
The High Court upheld Joseph Quaymojaw’s conviction for stealing by public servants, but reduced the sentence by ordering the terms to run concurrently.
The High Court upheld convictions for robbery with violence, wrongful confinement, and unlawful possession, but corrected the sentence to the statutory minimum and ordered concurrent terms.
The High Court upheld convictions for stealing and personating a public officer, but set aside consecutive sentences and ordered them to run concurrently.
The High Court upheld convictions for theft by a public servant and forgery, but reduced the sentence after finding the Minimum Sentences Act did not apply and consecutive terms were improper.
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