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Court’s watchman jailed 30 years
2006-12-26 10:21:39
By Gideon Mwakanosya, PST, Mbinga
The Mbinga District Magistrate’s Court in Ruvuma Region has sentenced two accused persons including a watchman of the court, to 30 years in jail each and 12 strokes of the cane after they were found guilty of three counts of armed robbery.
The convicts are- Eliasi Ndimbo (36), a resident of Matarawe area in Songea Municipality and a watchman, Erasto Nchimbi miaka (26), who was employed by Mbinga District Council.
Earlier, the prosecution assistant inspector of Police, Abdallah Mkandambela, claimed before the Senior Resident Magistrate of Mbinga District Court, Maximiliani Malewo, that at around 6am on December 21, at Mihango Village in the district, Ndimbo and Nchimbi robbed Bosko Hyera of 18,000/- in cash.
Before robbing him they threatened the victim with a gun.
Mkandambela further alleged that at around 8 am on the same day after the robbery, the accused were arrested in the same village in unlawful possession of a loaded short gun with registration No. G71049.
Sentencing the duo, Senior Resident Magistrate Maximiliani Malewo said in his 50 minutes judgment that the court was satisfied with evidence adduced before it by the prosecution showing apparently that the accused persons openly and beastly committed the offences as charged.
In elaboration, Malewo said the accused, who were facing three counts of armed robbery with violence, were found to be in illegal possession of a loaded gun.
The Magistrate told the court that since the accused behaved beastly, the court would issue a stern sentence as deterrence to other offenders.
He, therefore, sentenced Ndimbo and Nchimbi in the first count to serve 30 years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane each, and on the second count, each convict was sent to jail for 15 years while in the third count they were jailed 15 years each. The sentences will run concurrently.
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