KARATON OLE LESARAU V. REPUBLIC

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL

AT MOMBASA

(Coram: Gachuhi, Masime JJA and Kwach Ag JA)

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO 78 OF 1988

BETWEEN

KARATON OLE LESARAU...................................... APPELLANT

VERSUS

REPUBLIC............................................................... RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT

(Appeal from a Judgment of the High Court at Mombasa, Apaloo J)

July 26, 1988, Gachuhi, Masime JJA and Kwach Ag JA delivered the following Judgment,

Karaton Ole Lesarau, the appellant, was charged with the offence of robbery with violence contrary to section 296 (2) of the Penal Code cap 63. It was alleged that on 13th May, 1985 at about 1 p.m, at Mata village, Kimorigo location in Taita Taveta District, jointly with others not before the court, he robbed Hussein Abdi of 363 heads of cattle valued at shs.363,000 and at or immediately before or after the time of such robbery wounded Hussein Abdi and broke his left arm. At the conclusion of the trial the appellant was convicted by the Senior Resident Magistrate of an o…