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The Court of Appeal allowed a manslaughter appeal, quashing the conviction and sentence after finding it unsafe to conclude the appellant was criminally negligent.
The High Court of Tanzania acquitted Agnes Lingacha of murder, holding the prosecution had not proved beyond reasonable doubt that her acts or omissions caused the child's death.
There was no evidence that the accused was personally responsible for leaving the septic tank uncovered or that he was supervising the construction. The prosecution failed to prove the accused had a duty to cover the septic tank or that he breached such a duty. Therefore, the accused cannot be held criminally liable for the death of the deceased.
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The High Court upheld Sostenes Kijunya’s conviction for occasioning loss to a specified authority, but reduced an illegal six-year sentence to two years.
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