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Abilah Hassani Mfaume versus the Republic

Pays/Territoire
Tanzanie, Rép.-Unie de
Type de cour
Nationale - cour supérieure
Date
Avr 20, 2010
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
High Court of Tanzania
Siège de la cour
Mtwara
Juge
Lila, S.A.
Numéro de référence
No. 2 of 2008
Langue
Anglais
Sujet
Questions juridiques, Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes
Résumé

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.

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COU-160043.pdf