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The trial court erred by failing to consider the appellants' defence of alibi and by relying solely on evidence from government officials without independent witnesses during search and seizure. The absence of independent witnesses and proper documentation rendered the prosecution case unproven beyond reasonable doubt.
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The Court of Appeal allowed a criminal appeal over unlawful possession of government trophies, finding defects in search and seizure and setting aside the conviction.
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 allowed a criminal appeal over elephant-tusk charges, holding the chain of custody was not proved and the charge sheet was defective.
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