[2009] UGCA 43

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\par CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 146/2004 \par \par ATTO }{\b\insrsid11566493\charrsid5512665 JACKLINE:}{\b\insrsid5384524\charrsid5512665 ::::::::::::::::::::::::: APPELLANT \par VERSUS \par UGANDA ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: RESPONDENT \par }{\b\insrsid4357940\charrsid5512665 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\b\insrsid4357940\charrsid5512665 CORAM: \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\b\insrsid4357940\charrsid5512665 HON. JUSTICE A. E. N. MPAGI-BAHIGEINE, JA \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\b\insrsid4357940\charrsid5512665 \tab HON. JUSTICE S. G. E}{\b\insrsid5252554\charrsid5512665 N}{\b\insrsid4357940\charrsid5512665 GWAU, JA \par \tab HON. JUSTICE S. B. K. KAVUMA,JA \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\b\insrsid5384524\charrsid5512665 \par }{\ul\insrsid5384524\charrsid5512665 \par }{\b\ul\insrsid3039212\charrsid5512665 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT}{\b\ul\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 . \par }{\b\ul\insrsid3039212\charrsid5512665 \par }{\b\i\insrsid3039212\charrsid5512665 (Appeal against the decision of the High Court of Uganda at Gulu (A. Kania) dated 9/9/2004 in Criminal Session No. 52 of 2004) \par }{\b\ul\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 This appeal is against the conviction and death sentence passed by the High Court at Gulu. \par }{\insrsid11677064\charrsid5512665 \par The appellant and two others were indicted for the murder of Tracy Lakareber, contrary to }{\b\insrsid11677064\charrsid5512665 Sections 188 and 189 of the Penal Code Act.}{\insrsid11677064\charrsid5512665 \par }{\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 \par }{\insrsid11677064\charrsid5512665 The following were}{\insrsid10186578\charrsid5512665 the facts. The victim was a fiv}{\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 e }{\insrsid10186578\charrsid5512665 year }{\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 old girl}{ \insrsid11677064\charrsid5512665 ,}{\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 by the name of Tracy}{\insrsid11677064\charrsid5512665 .}{\insrsid7364893\charrsid5512665 }{\insrsid11677064\charrsid5512665 She}{\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 was kidnapped, strangled and thrown into a pit latrine}{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 by the appellant}{\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 . The appellant admitted to these facts. S}{\insrsid14106329\charrsid5512665 h}{\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 e, the appellant}{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 ,}{\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 had}{\insrsid11677064\charrsid5512665 had a sour history with the fa}{\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 the}{\insrsid7364893\charrsid5512665 r of the victim, Richard Oballi}{\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 m (}{\b\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 PW3)}{\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 . The two are former lovers who had lived together. Prior to the victim\rquote s death they had been }{ \insrsid14106329\charrsid5512665 engaged in legal disputes regarding responsibility for }{\insrsid9179296\charrsid5512665 the appellant\rquote s pre}{\insrsid13114534\charrsid5512665 gnancy}{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 ,}{ \insrsid9179296\charrsid5512665 maintenance and }{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 defilement. S}{\insrsid9179296\charrsid5512665 ubsequently the charge was dropped when PW3 agreed to su pport the appellant and admitted paternity as well. Their relationship however did not improve.}{\insrsid6705766\charrsid5512665 \par }{\insrsid9179296\charrsid5512665 \par On the day of }{\insrsid10186578\charrsid5512665 the }{\insrsid9179296\charrsid5512665 incident, the appellant swore that she would do something to PW3 which he would never forget. \par On 24}{\super\insrsid9179296\charrsid5512665 th}{\insrsid9179296\charrsid5512665 October 2002, the victim went missing after leaving Holy }{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 Rosary Nursery }{\insrsid9179296\charrsid5512665 School. Her body was f}{ \insrsid4525178\charrsid5512665 o}{\insrsid9179296\charrsid5512665 und in the pit latrine at the home of the appellant. It was n}{\insrsid9467488\charrsid5512665 aked with sanitary pads stuffed in}{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 to}{ \insrsid9467488\charrsid5512665 her mouth and a handkerchief}{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 tied}{\insrsid9467488\charrsid5512665 around the neck. It had cervical fracturing and heavily swollen eyeballs. Her neck was broken and the head could rotate up to 300%. The death was due to strangulation}{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 (postmortem report EX PI)}{\insrsid9467488\charrsid5512665 . The victim\rquote s clothes were found in a bag hidden in cupboard in the appellant\rquote s home. They were recovered by the police}{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 No. 24071 D/CPL Ogwal (PW5) and Obwona Santos retired army officer, PW4}{ \insrsid9467488\charrsid5512665 in the company of PW3. The clothes were found prior to the discovery of the body which put the appellant on suspicion.}{\insrsid9179296\charrsid5512665 \par }{\insrsid9467488\charrsid5512665 \par }{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 The appellant}{\insrsid9467488\charrsid5512665 was }{\insrsid4525178\charrsid5512665 arrested and indic}{\insrsid9467488\charrsid5512665 ted with her two sisters who were subsequently discharged }{ \insrsid6831036\charrsid5512665 due to lack of a prima facie case against the}{\insrsid4525178\charrsid5512665 m}{\insrsid6831036\charrsid5512665 . S}{\insrsid7356492\charrsid5512665 h}{\insrsid6831036\charrsid5512665 e confessed to the}{ \insrsid7356492\charrsid5512665 case and put}{\insrsid4525178\charrsid5512665 up a defence of provocation which}{\insrsid7356492\charrsid5512665 was r}{\insrsid4525178\charrsid5512665 ejected by the judge. Hence this}{\insrsid7356492\charrsid5512665 appeal. \par \par The memorandum of appeal f}{\insrsid9067461\charrsid5512665 i}{\insrsid7356492\charrsid5512665 led on 11}{\super\insrsid7356492\charrsid5512665 th}{\insrsid7356492\charrsid5512665 June 2009 comprises 3 grounds, namely: \par {\listtext\pard\plain\b\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\langfenp1033\insrsid7356492\charrsid5512665 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 1.\tab}}\pard \qj \fi-540\li900\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar \jclisttab\tx900\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin900\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\b\insrsid7356492\charrsid5512665 That the l}{\b\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 earned trial judge erred in law}{\b\insrsid7356492\charrsid5512665 and fact when he overruled the defe}{\b\insrsid4525178\charrsid5512665 n}{\b\insrsid7356492\charrsid5512665 ce of provocation which was available to the appellant. \par {\listtext\pard\plain\b\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\langfenp1033\insrsid7356492\charrsid5512665 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 2.\tab}That the learned trial judge erred in law and fact when he failed }{\b\insrsid4525178\charrsid5512665 to adequately evaluate}{\b\insrsid5009638\charrsid5512665 all the material evidence adduced at trial and hence reached an erroneous decision. \par {\listtext\pard\plain\b\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\langfenp1033\insrsid5009638\charrsid5512665 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 3.\tab}That the learned trial judge erred in law and fact when he sentenced the appellant to suffer death yet she was a minor.}{ \b\insrsid6831036\charrsid5512665 }{\b\insrsid5009638\charrsid5512665 \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\b\insrsid5009638\charrsid5512665 \par }{\insrsid4525178\charrsid5512665 Mr. Henry Kuny}{\insrsid5009638\charrsid5512665 a appeared for the appellant while the state was represented by Mr. James Odumbi were, Senior Principal State Attorney (S/PSA).}{\insrsid9467488\charrsid5512665 \par }{\insrsid5009638\charrsid5512665 \par }{\insrsid4525178\charrsid5512665 Mr. Kuny}{\insrsid5009638\charrsid5512665 a argued grounds 1 and 2 jointly. Ground 3 was argued separately. \par \par Regarding grounds }{\b\insrsid5009638\charrsid5512665 1}{\insrsid5009638\charrsid5512665 and }{\b\insrsid5009638\charrsid5512665 2}{\insrsid5009638\charrsid5512665 , Mr. Kunya argued that the defence of provocation was available to the appella nt. In his view the appellant laid the ground to what led her to act the way she did which was ill-treatment by PW3. She was also disliked by PW3\rquote s mother, who would often}{\insrsid14098929\charrsid5512665 refer to her as a prostitute. At the time of committing the offence}{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 she could no longer control her}{\insrsid14098929\charrsid5512665 anger. Le}{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 arned counsel submitted that the appellant}{\insrsid14098929\charrsid5512665 was too young to control her anger. She committed the offence in the heat of passion. He pointed out that people react differently to difficult situations}{ \insrsid8414330\charrsid5512665 . She }{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 was consistently being tormented}{\insrsid8414330\charrsid5512665 }{\insrsid8852232\charrsid5512665 b}{\insrsid8414330\charrsid5512665 y the cruel words used to refer to her by PW3 a}{\insrsid8852232\charrsid5512665 n}{\insrsid8414330\charrsid5512665 d his mother. She was mentally tortured. He prayed court to allow grounds }{\b\insrsid8414330\charrsid5512665 I }{ \insrsid8414330\charrsid5512665 a}{\insrsid8852232\charrsid5512665 n}{\insrsid8414330\charrsid5512665 d }{\b\insrsid8414330\charrsid5512665 2.}{\insrsid8414330\charrsid5512665 \par \par Learned Senior Principal State Attorney }{\insrsid8852232\charrsid5512665 Mr. }{\insrsid8414330\charrsid5512665 Odu}{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 m}{\insrsid8414330\charrsid5512665 bi referred to the appellant\rquote s charge and caution statement in which she admitted killing the victim after a litany of events between her and the victim\rquote s }{\insrsid7421187\charrsid5512665 father, PW3, up to the time of the commission of the offence. \par }{\insrsid8852232\charrsid5512665 She narrated}{\insrsid7421187\charrsid5512665 how PW3 was unsupportive of her and their unborn child. On the day of the killing, PW3 told her that she could throw her unborn child in }{\insrsid8852232\charrsid5512665 lat}{\insrsid7421187\charrsid5512665 rine when she gave birth which (PW3 denied) and that his daugh}{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 ter (the victim) was a \'93queen\'94. S}{\insrsid7421187\charrsid5512665 he}{\insrsid15340700\charrsid5512665 added that PW3\rquote s cousin used to pinch}{\insrsid7421187\charrsid5512665 her ears doing the same episode. The appellant admitted to killing the victim but contended she was \'93i}{\insrsid793154\charrsid5512665 nfuriated\'94 , given her treatment, by the victim\rquote s father, PW3. She admitted to throwing the victim in the latrine because that is what the victim\rquote s father, PW3, said the accused should do with her unborn child. She was }{ \insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 thus purporting to negative}{\insrsid793154\charrsid5512665 malice aforethought. \par \par Malice aforethought is a term of legal art defined by }{\b\insrsid793154\charrsid5512665 section 191}{\insrsid793154\charrsid5512665 of the }{\b\insrsid793154\charrsid5512665 Penal Code Act}{\insrsid793154\charrsid5512665 comprising the following elements: \par {\listtext\pard\plain\b\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\langfenp1033\insrsid793154\charrsid5512665 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (1)\tab}}\pard \qj \fi-720\li1080\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar \jclisttab\tx1080\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin1080\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\b\insrsid793154\charrsid5512665 Intent to kill, or \par {\listtext\pard\plain\b\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\langfenp1033\insrsid793154\charrsid5512665 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (2)\tab}Knowledge that a}{\b\insrsid10640580\charrsid5512665 n}{\b\insrsid793154\charrsid5512665 act or omission will cause a death; or \par {\listtext\pard\plain\b\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\langfenp1033\insrsid793154\charrsid5512665 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (3)\tab}Knowledge of likelihood }{\b\insrsid10960274\charrsid5512665 accompanied by indifference to whether a death will result.

\par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\insrsid10960274\charrsid5512665 Thus, knowledge of likelihood that death will result does not require a specific intent to kill. Malice aforethought is a mental }{\insrsid10640580\charrsid5512665 disposition which}{\insrsid793154\charrsid5512665 }{\insrsid10960274\charrsid5512665 can be inferred from the accused\rquote s actions.}{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 }{\insrsid10960274\charrsid5512665 Factors viewed in consideration of}{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 whether}{\insrsid10960274\charrsid5512665 malice aforethought }{ \insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 existed }{\insrsid10960274\charrsid5512665 include weapons used, the nature of the injury, parts of the body on which the injuries were occasioned and the conduct of the appellant before and after the offence. \par \par The appellant by testimony set up a provocation defence. However, for this defence to rise to a level of legal adequacy, }{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 so as}{\insrsid10960274\charrsid5512665 to amount to a defence, the appellant must have committed the offence in the heat }{\insrsid854571\charrsid5512665 of passion}{\insrsid10960274\charrsid5512665 when incapable of self control }{\b\insrsid10960274\charrsid5512665 (Sectio n 192 of the Penal Code).}{\insrsid10960274\charrsid5512665 \par There must be no }{\insrsid854571\charrsid5512665 cooling off or period of \'93cool reflection\'94. The defence of provocation if proved neg}{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 ates malice aforethought and miti}{\insrsid854571\charrsid5512665 gate}{ \insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 s}{\insrsid854571\charrsid5512665 a sentence of murder to the lesser offence of manslaughter \par }{\b\insrsid854571\charrsid5512665 Section 193 of the Penal Code }{\insrsid854571\charrsid5512665 describes }{\insrsid7549223\charrsid5512665 provocation as any wrongful act or insult. \par \par }{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 In the instant}{\insrsid7549223\charrsid5512665 case the appellant describe}{\insrsid6247751\charrsid5512665 d her reasoning, considerations and the events leading up to the victim\rquote s death.}{ \insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 }{\insrsid6247751\charrsid5512665 On the day of the incident, she warned the victim\rquote s father, PW3, of her intent ion to do something he would not forget. Eleven hours passed between her exchange with PW3 and the incident which caused t}{\insrsid10640580\charrsid5512665 h}{\insrsid6247751\charrsid5512665 e victi}{\insrsid10640580\charrsid5512665 m}{ \insrsid6247751\charrsid5512665 \rquote s death}{\insrsid10640580\charrsid5512665 .}{\insrsid6247751\charrsid5512665 \par \par The appellant said she collected the victim from her nursery school at 1 p.m. The victim came up to }{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 her because the victim liked her}{\insrsid6247751\charrsid5512665 (this was shortly after the victim had been let out } {\insrsid5373970\charrsid5512665 of the}{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 }{\insrsid6247751\charrsid5512665 nursery school}{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 to return home)}{\insrsid6247751\charrsid5512665 . According to the school administrator}{ \insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 Anna Lucy Adwar (PW6)}{\insrsid6247751\charrsid5512665 , an eleven year old girl had been sent by the appellant to collect the victim on the day of the incident. According to }{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 PW6}{ \insrsid6247751\charrsid5512665 , this girl later admitted }{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 to being sent by the appellant.}{\insrsid6247751\charrsid5512665 \par The appellant said she wanted to throw the victim into a pit latrine on her way home, but there wasn\rquote t one thus she took the victim to her }{\insrsid1116172\charrsid5512665 home. She}{\insrsid6247751\charrsid5512665 dropped her into the}{ \insrsid1116172\charrsid5512665 latrine at 9.00 pm, according to her testimony. \par The appellant stated that she tied the victim\rquote s neck so she wouldn\rquote t make noise; It was not her intent to strangle the victim. The appellant stated that she was so infuriated that she did not think about the \'93eventuality of the death\'94 of the victim. She explained that her anger at PW3 coupled with her pregnancy caused her to act that way. \par \par However}{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 ,}{\insrsid1116172\charrsid5512665 we feel}{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 that}{\insrsid1116172\charrsid5512665 her actions were quite systematic and carefully pr}{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 emeditated. She admitted to pre}{\insrsid1116172\charrsid5512665 ying on the five year old\rquote s trust by stating that the little victim}{\insrsid8927933\charrsid5512665 }{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 rushed}{\insrsid1116172\charrsid5512665 to her when she appeared at her nursery school because the little girl liked her. }{\insrsid8927933\charrsid5512665 The threat to PW3 and the callous resolve to throw her in a latrine provide a strong case of premeditation. \par It cannot be rationally disputed that by tying a perso}{\insrsid4678074\charrsid5512665 n\rquote s neck with a handkerchief stuffing}{\insrsid8927933\charrsid5512665 her mouth with sanitary pads, and throwing her into a latrine full of fecal matter would result in death by asphyxiation }{\insrsid9058279\charrsid5512665 (this was a five year old certainly}{\insrsid8927933\charrsid5512665 u nable to physically defend herself against the 19 year old appellant).}{\insrsid15752746\charrsid5512665 }{\insrsid8927933\charrsid5512665 It is indisputable}{\insrsid15752746\charrsid5512665 that}{\insrsid8927933\charrsid5512665 there was sufficient knowledge by the appellant that her action/conduct would cause the death of the victim. Again knowledge accompanied by indifference to the death is sufficient to found malice aforethought}{\insrsid4678074\charrsid5512665 .}{ \insrsid8927933\charrsid5512665 Granted that PW3 and his family }{\insrsid4678074\charrsid5512665 m}{\insrsid8927933\charrsid5512665 embers verbally insulted her and may be punched her ears if a}{\insrsid9914452\charrsid5512665 t all they did, nonetheless thes}{\insrsid8927933\charrsid5512665 e wrongful acts would not cause a normal ordinary person to react in the way th e appellant did. She did not kill PW3 or any of the other adult family members who had annoyed/angered her but an innocent five year old who did nothing to provoke the appellant. \par }{\insrsid9382481\charrsid5512665 \par Ground No. 3 that the appellant was a minor at the time she committed the offence, was not substantiated at all. We have no doubt that this was a mere desperate attempt to clutch at straws. \par \par }{\insrsid8927933\charrsid5512665 In the totality}{\insrsid6630456\charrsid5512665 of the facts above, the appeal should have been summarily dismissed. The appellant\rquote s actions were most heinous}{\insrsid15752746\charrsid5512665 and eerie.}{ \insrsid6630456\charrsid5512665 We cannot agree that adequate provocation can be found in the facts stated. \par The maximum death penalty is most deserved.}{\insrsid8927933\charrsid5512665 }{\insrsid1116172\charrsid5512665 }{\insrsid5384524\charrsid5512665 \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\b\insrsid5384524\charrsid5512665 Dated at Kampala this }{\b\insrsid3039212\charrsid5512665 6}{\b\super\insrsid3039212\charrsid5512665 th}{ \b\insrsid3039212\charrsid5512665 day of October }{\b\insrsid5384524\charrsid5512665 2009 \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\b\insrsid5384524\charrsid5512665 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\b\insrsid9841329\charrsid5512665 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\b\insrsid5384524\charrsid5512665 HON. JUSTICE A. E. N. MPAGI-BAHIGEINE \par JUSTICE OF APPEAL \par }{\b\insrsid8288447\charrsid5512665 \par }{\b\insrsid9841329\charrsid5512665 \par }{\b\insrsid4357940\charrsid5512665 HON. JUSTICE}{\b\insrsid13188807\charrsid5512665 S. G. E}{\b\insrsid9766251\charrsid5512665 N}{\b\insrsid13188807\charrsid5512665 GWAU \par JUSTICE OF APPEAL \par }{\b\insrsid8288447\charrsid5512665 \par }{\b\insrsid13188807\charrsid5512665 \par }{\b\insrsid9841329\charrsid5512665 \par }{\b\insrsid8288447\charrsid5512665 HON. JUSTICE S. B. K. KAVUMA}{\b\insrsid4357940\charrsid5512665 \par }{\b\insrsid8288447\charrsid5512665 JUSTICE OF APPEAL \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5512665 {\insrsid5009638\charrsid5512665 \par }}