DODOMA, Oct. 21 -- DODOMAs High Court has upheld the life imprisonment sentence imposed on four men convicted of gang rape against a 17-year-old girl from Yombo Dovya in Dar es Salaam, while setting aside their conviction and sentence for the offence of unnatural offence (carnal knowledge against the order of nature).

Delivering the judgment today, Judge Amiri Mruma ruled that the four convicts, including the former Tanzania Peoples Defence Force (TPDF) soldier MT 140105 Clinton Damas alias Nyundo, prison officer C.1693 Praygod Mushi, Nickson Jackson known as Machuche, and Amin Lema alias Kindamba, will continue to serve their life sentences imposed by the Dodoma Resident Magistrates Court on September 30, 2024.

The convicts had appeale...