The Court of Appeal upheld the conviction of murder holding that
the trial judge was justified when he rejected the appellant’s
defence, as it was full of falsehoods, contradictions and
inconsistencies hence that the prosecution had proved the case
against the appellant beyond reasonable doubt.
However Court held that trial courts are required to deduct from the
sentence they were to impose upon a convict after taking into
account of aggravating and mitigating factors, the period the convict
has spent in pre-trial custody. Failure to do so rendered the sentence
illegal.