The Appellant was convicted by the High Court of the murder
and was sentenced to suffer death by hanging. Aggrieved by conviction and
sentence he lodged this appeal. The trial court was convinced that the deceased
was murdered by the Appellant because the Appellant had personal grudges
against the deceased. The trial court also relied on the last person to seen
with the deceased alive doctrine. It is settled practice that the “determination
of the specific type(s) of asphyxia operative in a particular case, the cause
death, and the manner of a death, is dependent on information elicited during
the medico-legal investigation, namely, history (circumstances), scene
investigation and post-mortem examination (including appropriate ancillary
radiographic and laboratory studies”).