Vivian Edigin
THE Court of Appeal has confirmed the life imprisonment sentence imposed on Nigerian woman, Vivian Edigin, who was convicted by the High Court of drug trafficking.
The Nigerian was found guilty June 2015
for trafficking 63 pellets of cocaine hydrochloride—narcotic drugs
weighing 797.56gms—valued at over 39m/-.
Justices Edward Rutakangwa, Engela Kileo
and Salum Massati reached the decision after dismissing the appeal the
Nigerian national, the appellant, had lodged in attempt to challenge
both conviction of the offence and the sentence meted against her on
June 29, last year, by the High Court.
“Without much ado, we are settled in our
minds that the trial court did not error in convicting the appellant of
trafficking in narcotic drugs in contravention of the law.
“There is no cause, whatsoever, for us
to interfere with the findings of the trial court,” the panel of judges
declared in the judgment dated August 2, 2016.
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