Parents get justice after teacher gets sentenced to death

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Following one of the saddest school tragedies, a Tanzanian court has sentenced a teacher to death on Wednesday for the crime of taking justice in his hands that left a 13 year old pupil dead from a beating meted out by him.

This led to a public debate on school disciplining of children.

The child, Sperius Eradius, died on August 27, days after the beating for allegedly stealing another teacher’s handbag, according to family members.

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Judge Lameck Mlacha of the court in Bukoba in the north west, found teacher Respicius Mutazangira “guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of voluntary homicide” and sentenced him to death.

Mutazangira has the right to appeal.

The boy’s parents, in protest, had refused to bury their son until authorities arrested the teacher and suspended the school principal.

The case triggered an uproar, with condemnations from rights organisations.

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