KHALID SHABAN AZIZI v REPUBLIC [1999] KEHC 53 (KLR)
- Court
- High Court of Kenya
- Case number
- 53
- Citation
- [1999] KEHC 53 (KLR)
- Decided
- 1 November 1999
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TypeCriminal AppealPostureAppeal from conviction and sentence in criminal caseCoramHon P.N WAKI, HON S. KASSIM SHAH, COMMISIONER ASSIZE
Holding
The conviction is quashed and the sentence set aside due to doubts about the appellant's complicity and inconsistencies in the evidence.
Facts
The appellant was convicted of robbery with violence, where he and others robbed SUSUM IKEYA of his camera, sun glasses, wrist watch, bus ticket, and a purse containing Kshs.400/=, and wounded IKEYA. The complainant identified the appellant as one of the robbers.
Issues
- Whether the appellant was complicit in the robbery
- Whether the knife used in the robbery was the appellant's own swiss army knife
Reasoning
The court finds doubts about the appellant's complicity due to inconsistencies in the evidence and the break in visual tracking of the appellant.
Outcome
The conviction is quashed and the sentence set aside.
Orders
- The Appellant shall be set at liberty forthwith unless otherwise lawfully detained.
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