Dar es Salaam, Sept. 28 -- THE Court of Appeal has cleared from any criminal liability three people, including a couple, who were linked with various crimes involving theft of about 1.2bn/-from External payment Areas (EPA) account of Bank of Tanzania (BoT).

Justices of the court ruled in favour of Manase Mwakale, his wife Eddah Mwakale and businessman BahatiMahenge, after dismissing the appeal lodged by prosecution to oppose their acquittal in respects of the crimes they were charged with before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam.

Having considered the evidence tendered during the trial, the Justices Sivangilwa Mwangesi, Jacobs Mwambegele and Mary Levira concluded that the charges against the three accused persons, ...