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Issue 00607 |
March 13 - 19, 2010 |
issn 0856 - 9135 |
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Courts/Police Log |
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14-year old ‘garage’ boy doused in petrol, set on fire By Arusha Times Reporter It was solemn mood among hundreds of mourners who turned up at the Regional Hospital Mortuary last week to pay last respects to a vehicle workshop boy reportedly set ablaze by a motorist. The 14-year-old youth Pius Mathias who used to serve as an apprentice at Minja’s vehicle repair workshop located in Mbauda area of the Municipality, died last Wednesday after being admitted in hospital for two days. The boy, a resident of Ngusero suffered serious wounds after allegedly being set ablaze by a motorist assisted by two other people. He will be buried in Rombo District this weekend. While attending normal duties at the garage a week ago, a motorist customer, allegedly set him ablaze under claims that the deceased was a thief Regional Police Commander, Mr Basilio Matei has confirmed the incident saying two suspects were being held in custody for questioning as the third suspect was still at large. Head of the workshop, Gasper Stephen Minja said a customer had reportedly pulled at the garage on Wednesday and found an ongoing scuffle regarding a missing car accessory which the boy was being accused of stealing. “I was absent then but one of my workers phoned me with the bad news,” he said. Apparently a plug-in, MP3 car adopter was taken from one of the vehicles being repaired at the workshop. The newcomer to the scene started beating the boy, it was alleged. As if the beating wasn’t enough, an irate man grabbed a container of gasoline from a nearby mechanic and poured its contents onto the youth then set him on fire as other workers watched in horror. When it occurred to them that ‘the boy was actually burning’ there were frantic efforts to quench the flames. When the fire was finally put out, the victim was in pathetic state. A suspected attacker whisked the badly burnt boy onto his car and sped off to the Central Police Station where he allegedly filed a false statement to the effect that the boy burnt when a vehicle he was repairing at the garage erupted in flames. “We found the boy in serious condition at the hospital and we reported to police what actually took place, the boy was purposely burned it wasn’t a fire accident,” said Mr Minja. After preliminary investigations, the police later launched a manhunt and managed to arrest some suspects.
Karatu gets district court By Edward Selasini Karatu district will soon get district court services for the first time since the commissioning of the area into a district in 1995. The district court will be housed in the structures that were originally planned for a primary court at Karatu. The conversion of the Karatu primary court buildings for use by the district court was officiated by the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Mathew Chikawe. Minister Chikawe said last week the decision to convert the new buildings use from primary court to district court was in line with the vision of his ministry to give the people justice in time. Chikawe said he had consulted with the Chief Justice Agostino Ramadhani to give the Karatu residents a district court. He said the process of furnishing the buildings was nearly complete and a district magistrate would soon be posted there. Karatu’s District Commissioner Mathew Sedoyeka said, the government decision was timely as the residents had suffered a lot since 1995 when the district was commissioned. Karatu residents cases had been taken for hearing in Mbulu district and later shifted to Monduli when Mbulu fell under the new regional administration of Manyara.
Forced circumcision case to be heard March 25 By Joseph Lyimo The case in which Peter Mbise (54) of Nkoaranga was forcibly circumcised at Nkoaranga in Arumeru district will continue to be heard on March 25. It would have been heard last week but one of the accused failed to appear in court. It was reported in court that Doctor Elisante Ayo had been taken ill hence his failure to attend the case hearing.. The court adjourn the case to March 25 when it will come up for hearing. The other three accused in the case Gabriel Nnko, Justine Mosses and Godlove Christopher were present in court. It was previously alleged before the Resident Magistrate Devota Msoffe that on February 5, 2008 at 7.30pm the four accused did jointly circumcise Peter Mbise without his consent. Other four suspects were yet to be arrested.
Child drowns in Lake Babati By Joseph Lyimo A three-year old child, Sharifa Omary of Homboi Shiwi area in Babati town has drowned in Lake Babati on March 6 at about 6.00 pm. The child accidentally fell into the lake and drowned as she was playing about while her mother was washing clothes on the shore of the lake. After raising alarm the mother was helped by passersby to lift the child from the lake but found she was already dead. The Regional Police Commander for Manyara region Permana Sumary cautioned parents to keep children away from rivers, dams, wells and lakes as the young ones wouldn’t know risk of drowning.
Miner dies in
underground explosion By Joseph Lyimo A small-scale miner Ezirai Nasaru (27) resident of Usa River in Arumeru district has died in a mine explosion while working underground recently. In his account of the incident the Manyara Regional Police Commander Parmena Sumary, Nasaru who was an explosives expert had gone underground to check what delayed a rock explosive to go off. The late Nasaru was working in mine number PML 0002818 owned by one Dunfred Manale (36) resident of Moshi. The RPC said on getting down to the tunnel the explosive abruptly went off and Nasaru was torn into pieces.
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