Original language
English
Country
United Republic of Tanzania
Date of text
Status
Decided
Type of court
National - higher court
Sources
Court name
High Court of Tanzania
Seat of court
Mtwara
Reference number
No. 2 of 2008
Justice(s)
Lila, S.A.
Abstract
The appellant was found in possession of a weighing scale while drying meat identified by the witnesses using their experience to be that of a zebra. There was no skin or head to support such claim. The appellant denied that the meat was zebras claiming it to be of hartebeest which was hunted under permit of a friend not present at the crime scene.
The appellant was convicted for the counts charged and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. He appealed on the ground that he was not given the right to call witnesses which breached natural justice rules.
The Court allowed the appeal, quashed the conviction and set aside the sentence. The judge ordered the immediate release of the appellant from prison.