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The court convicted the first, second, and eighth accused for unlawful hunting and related firearms offences, and acquitted the remaining accused.
The prosecution failed to prove the offences of unlawful hunting, possession, and dealing in government trophy against the first, second, and third appellants beyond reasonable doubt; convictions based on retracted confessions without corroboration and on defective charges were unsafe; conviction under a repealed statute is a nullity; only the fourth appellant was proved to be in actual possession of government trophy and his conviction and sentence (with modification) were upheld.
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The Court of Appeal allowed a criminal appeal, finding the identification evidence unsafe, the charge amendment procedurally improper, and the cautioned statement inadmissible.
The High Court allowed the criminal appeal, finding the identification evidence inadequate and quashing the conviction and sentence.
The Court of Appeal of Tanzania upheld a conviction for causing loss to a specified authority, finding the appellant’s drunken negligence led to loss of a firearm.
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