Hanging sentence quashed as Tanzania Court of Appeal frees teacher in pupil death case

Arusha. The Court of Appeal has set aside the death sentence imposed on former primary school discipline master Respicius Mutazangira, substituting his murder conviction with manslaughter and ordering his immediate release.

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The appellate court quashed the capital sentence after finding that the prosecution had failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant acted with malice aforethought when punishing the pupil.