thecitizen.co.tz·3 min read·medium
Man who appealed 30-year sentence gets life imprisonment in Tanzania
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Janeth Mushi
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A Tanzanian man who appealed a 30-year sentence for sodomizing a 10-year-old child has had his sentence increased to life imprisonment by the High Court. The judge ruled that the original sentence was unlawful under the Penal Code, which mandates life imprisonment for crimes against minors.
Arusha. Acram Ashirafu, who appealed against a 30-year prison sentence for sodomising a 10-year-old child, has ended up with a harsher punishment after the High Court’s Bukoba Sub-Registry dismissed his appeal and increased the sentence to life imprisonment.
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