Rex v Rwechungura (Criminal Appeal No. 3 of 1947)
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Holding
The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against a five-year sentence for manslaughter by negligence. The appellant, an unqualified and unskilled person, administered a fatal overdose of bismuth by injection. The court held that such sentences are necessary as a deterrent where unqualified persons carry out injections with fatal results.
Outcome
Sentence of five years' imprisonment upheld
Facts
The appellant, an unqualified and unskilled African, gave an overdose of bismuth by injection to a woman. The injection resulted in the woman's death. The appellant was convicted of manslaughter by negligence in the lower court and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. He appealed against the sentence to the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa.
Issues
- Whether a sentence of five years' imprisonment for manslaughter by negligence was excessive where an unqualified person administered a fatal injection.
Orders
- Appeal dismissed.
Rules and key headnotes
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