Tanzania, Aug. 14 -- Arusha. The Court of Appeal of Tanzania has quashed the death sentence by hanging imposed on Mr Kulwa Langi after finding that, during the preliminary committal proceedings, he was neither read nor informed of the witness statements and substance of exhibits the prosecution intended to rely on to prove the murder of Kundi Shija.

The Court said failure to inform Mr Langi of the evidence breached statutory requirements and compromised his rights.

It therefore quashed the proceedings and ordered the case to be retried before another magistrate with extended jurisdiction to hear murder cases.

The appellant had been sentenced to death by the High Court, Tabora Sub-Registry, after being convicted of murdering Kundi in Ka...