Arusha. The High Court of Tanzania, Dodoma Sub-Registry, has quashed life imprisonment and 30-year sentences imposed on two men convicted of gang rape and sodomy, after finding that defects in the charge sheet rendered the proceedings invalid.
The freed men, Mr Patrick Manyuli and Mr Samwel Frank, were originally charged at Dodoma District Court with two counts of gang rape, contrary to sections 130(1) and 131A(2)(i) of the Penal Code, and sodomy, contrary to section 154(1)(a).
They were accused of committing the offences on December 17, 2024, at Maili Mbili area in Dodoma Region against a 19-year-old woman.
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