Republic vs Maria Chrispin and 2 Others (Criminal Session Case No. 14/98) [2000] TZHC 521 (28 November 2000)

J ·' i-, jJ AT ?10SHI ORic:,n;AL JlJRIS.DIIJTION ··CRIMINAL SESSIDN ::t,A.SE·-·no-/:14/98 .REPUB-IG · --: vs 1'1.tf!Illl CHRTSPI:N TARIMO ·. . ... ,..... . EVARIST, ·CHRISPIN TAR IMO 1;!°..," .{° , PROCI-ffiS\CFiRISPIN TARIMO JUDGEMENT ·-·---- ........... ·-•·--•·· BEFORE; .HON: EoN o MCTriUO-, J . . --·-------- .... -·----- - The ~ '•-aasd- ,perso... I"':a.rj_,9_ Crispiri .and her two sens E¥arist .and ProcS- Crispin ~ oir1tly ·-cb.n'ged witl:i murder c/s 196 -0f the Penal Codeo It is alleged that on the night of the 2/12/1996 at Kirueni Olele :Kuoti Village in Mashati within Rombo District in Kilimanjo Regioni the accused p.e.rsou murdered Crispin Simon Tarimoo The accused pleaded n6t"' guilty to the charge~ Nobody eye witnessed the killing of Crh:,;pin Simon Te.rime, the husband of accused Noo 1 Mariay and the natural fat2r of accused No a 2 Evarist and accused No" 3 Proches o 1-'I2.::i:::-. _.,·t;ated that she married the deceased in 1969 in churct,o Sl:c c,.:fr:,8.bited with the deceased and they have 9 survivi:r-g Ghilc:::.."'(,::1 :.:.nl:iding her co-accused sons out of the 13 children tl1e dec2,.s-2cl sired with hero The ten cell Il:eader of the deceas2d, I'Wo2 ]i:!d.empta and her husband PWa3 Protas Stambuli Massa.we ancr! tho village chairman at Kirueni, PWo4Casti Balozi dposed th2-t there were frequent demestic fights between the deceased and :bhe accused· and that twice or so the deceased.was injured on the head in domestic squabbles involving his wife and chilepo The deceased reported a similar attack t:h_e dy be.:fo.t1 he died to PW o2 whereby the deceased took with· nim a. club ,tpe accused t· , . • ' allegedly wounded him wi tn.i o.n the •ti~@.d. PW:.2 directed the deceased to report t6• t_he, ,ila. -cpatμia_ii' .. a.n0, J;l;e village,_ • .. • . • - ,. '. :•-..•I") -,,."- • ~~ , : :- ... , '1 . .' c,hairman 1 PW .4 _kept •·:,thf' ciJb ,'Pel'iing1::n_qu:t·;z:;:,_ln-t;_o the rrm.tter o The next -qey the de<J,ed:·-was., f"ci 4 ---- p..p:t1 .• • ,i\' . . "i \ ,. ., ~ \1 . ;- ' ~ ;. I ' l : •!,,. . f /2 •": Oo·oo ·: ....

;· . ' - .. - ,' . : . ~ -;:: . .,._,, 2 Per -tme Postmort~m oJtamin!.it.i'on re1,1oi:~~;"Bxhibi t P4 the .. :6:f:.o .. •IHM1 d.iG?d £rom head· injuries ci:::id severe blood loss o There were two eut wounds on the head and old blood clots thereono ·there in no doub·t therefore that t:ne :ieceased died unnaturally on the night oi_the 2/12/1996 at Kirueni Village in Mashatj. Rombc- The acd:4_sed gg.ve sworn defences denying any involvement in

• : - the murder of-the.deceasedo ,: . . r' The- iss1,,Je is whether the circumstancial evideti~~-- 'a:dduc b;y y ' • I • . • 1 . ··--.'bhQ,~ im,es.istih.ly- and and. conclusively poin'ts t~ ~~ guilt. of the accused o ' ; · · · · Thisl:ourt has to agree with the opinion of the three .-. ~ . .as.earsr--·that the .-.aQpused were suspeeted of the killing !)1;103.US~ of the d()m&Stiy~~r~ t,.e.,t;ve een tha .sp,ouaes who 11 ved o'rl l*fi~ :·· ~ - :i ... . . .. . -~ • ~ same land -but·' in. defferent homesteads,. Nobody eye wt tness-ed. -. _:--.r .. \ , the killing •. Apart from the suspicio.n caused by inc1d.Wt of" domestic violence r9pox-ted to the ten cell le 8 _der and to th~ village chairman, there is no evidence to conclusively esta.blish. beyond all ~~asonable doubt, that the accused, severally or jointly murqfed the deceaseda It is trite law that suspicion however str9.p.g, cab.not found a convictiono For those reasons the accused ai-·e'. found not glililty of the of'.fence ch~gedo Each of the three ·accused is acquittedo The acc8used should be set at liberty unless otherwise held . ; for other lawful causeo It·is so ordered. At Moshi .this 28/11/2000. Republic: ~1ro ~JWaimu for. Accused: all 3 pre-sent EoN .. MUNUO, JlJDGE, 28/11/2000 De-fence Counsel: Mro. Njau for., Asessors: both presento JUDG--S '1:-" 28 I 11 ;2000 ,