The Tabora District COURT has sentenced a resident of Kidatu "B" Mtendeni Ward in Tabora Region, Hussein Mashibu (32) to life imprisonment after being found guilty of sexually assaulting an adult in public while people testified accusing him of having a relationship with his wife.

Delivering the sentence yesterday, the Senior Resident Magistrate of the Tabora District Court, Sigwa Mzige said the court found the sentence for the accused to be appropriate because he committed atrocities that cannot be tolerated by society.

He said that the imprisonment will be a lesson for the accused and others who intend to humiliate other people due to jealousy of love.

The Senior Resident Magistrate of Tabora District, Mzige said that the evidence given has shown that there is no doubt compared to the evidence given by the suspect himself and the doctor who confirmed from the tests that the victim had bruises and was given muscle medicine.

"All the courts in the country are working well to ensure that every suspect is brought here for various crimes, each crime has its own punishment," he said.

Previously, the State's Attorney, Robert Kumwembe told the court that the accused is a first-time offender and should receive the punishment of going to prison for life.

The lawyer told the court that the suspect was found guilty of sexually assaulting an adult (name withheld) on January 30, last year in Kidatu 'B' areas in Tabora region.

The suspect was charged with two counts of prostitution and wounding by hitting him on the head with an object and causing injury and all the offenses go together including paying a fine of Shs one million.

The suspect in his defense told the court that he found a rumor that the man had a relationship with his wife and that day he found him with his wife inside.

The suspect asked the court to reduce the punishment due to having a family of six and his wife being admitted to the Referral Hospital Kitete for childbirth.

The court rejected the suspect's request because his sentence was the same as the crime of prostitution where the punishment is life imprisonment.