Appeal against life imprisonment shelved

Mramba, Yona appeal against imprisonment.
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Two former cabinet ministers, Basil Mramba and Daniel Yona, recently sentenced to serve three years in jail, yesterday filed an appeal against the ruling at the High Court of Tanzania. The two were accused of abusing office and causing a Sh11.7 billion ...

Home Secretary Theresa May's Home Secretary Theresa May's legislative programme was announced in the Queen's Speech on Wednesday, with the Serious Crime Bill one of the changes being introduced with an eye on tackling corrupt accountants, solicitors and even cyber-criminals by giving courts tougher judicial powers. In particular, the changes will allow police to seize assets from convicted gang bosses and will widen the punishment for so-called ‘Mr Big' criminals who often partake in...

MPs want life imprisonment for drug kingpins
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This followed their consensus that the earlier proposed public execution of drug trafficking kingpins was against international efforts to abolish capital punishment. Earlier the MPs had argued that hefty fines are not sufficient because the ringleaders are ...
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Kagera man gets life imprisonment for defiling girl (4)
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THE Court of Appeal has enhanced a 30-year jail term imposed on a resident of Karagwe in Kagera Region, Sostenes John, to life imprisonment for defiling a four-year old minor. Justices Edward Rutakangwa, Bernard Luanda and Ibrahim Juma ruled against ...

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Identification blunder saves Iringa man from life imprisonment
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POOR identification procedure has saved an Iringa Region resident, Cosmas Chalamila, from life imprisonment for sodomising a four-year old boy. Justices Mbarouk Mbarouk, Batuel Mmilla and Augustine Mwarija ruled in favour of Chalamila, the appellant, ...

The district resident magistrate’s court here has sentenced Migu Lugalila, 27, to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a primary school pupil.

Ngara man to serve life term after losing appeal
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RESIDENT of Kanyinya village, in Ngara district, Nestory Bernado (33), who was challenging his sentence basing on mistaken identity, has started serving life imprisonment after his appeal was dismissed for lack of merit. Bernado was convicted by the High ...

Appeal's Court upholds life sentence for rapist of minor
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THE Court of Appeal has upheld the life imprisonment sentence imposed on a resident of Mwanza city, Seleman Rajabu, for raping a minor, the daughter of his sister, after having been cheated by a traditional doctor that he would be rich. “We are of the ...

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Appeal Court nullifies life term imposed on suspect
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The Court of Appeal has nullified life imprisonment sentence imposed on one Oroondi Juma, a Ngerengere District, Morogoro Region resident, by a District Court for sodomising a girl aged nine-years-old. The decision was reached at the end of the week by ...