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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal against a conviction for unnatural offence, finding reasonable doubt from evidentiary gaps, contradictions, and an unconsidered defence.
High Court criminal appeal over a conviction for demanding sexual favours from a student was dismissed, with the conviction and 20-year sentence upheld.
The court found the evidence of the prosecution witnesses to be fabricated and not credible, and held that the Sexual Offences Special Provisions Act, No.4 of 1998, could not be applied retrospectively to acts committed before its enactment.
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The conviction was quashed because the court found the evidence of the key prosecution witnesses to be fabricated and not credible, and the relevant statute did not apply retrospectively to acts before its enactment.
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The conviction was quashed because the evidence of the key prosecution witnesses was found to be fabricated and not credible, and the relevant law did not apply retroactively to the alleged acts.
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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashed convictions for obtaining goods by false pretences, and ordered the appellant released, finding the evidence unproven.
The High Court upheld Rashidi Kaputilo’s convictions for false accusation-related offences but reduced the sentence on count 4 to 8 months, concurrent.
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