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Both Sheena and Trudy grew up in the teachers’ quarters because their mothers were teachers so they become best friends. They did everything- together, in fact some people thought they were twins until they were separated at the university. Trudy went to school to be a doctor while Sheena went to be a lawyer, and even at the university, they still remained together.
Last Monday as Sheena was rushing to class, the hostel gate keeper told her, "she was needed by the Affande at the police post". Having nothing to fear, she walked to the police post to see him. As she got near, she heard Affande say, "the ka thief is here swinging her ''bu legs''. Sheena burst into tears as the police officers grabbed her and told her to remove her shoes and prepare to 'make a statement'. Affande told her that "they knew that Sheena stole her neighbour's TV, high heeled shoes and earrings on Saturday.
Sheena denied, but she was still told that she was going to court. She begged Affande to bring Trudy her best friend to tell them that she could never be a thief because no one knows her better than Trudy. And was talking to Trudy on the phone on Saturday night so she could never have stolen anything. Is Trudy allowed to represent her best friend?
WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?
Trudy cannot speak or be a witness for Sheena even though they are best friends. This is because for a person to be called to speak as a witness in a matter before a court, they must have seen or heard what happened. If the person who is said to have done something wrong says that she or he was not where the wrong this was done from (alibi), the person they were with can also come and tell the court.
Sheena was accused of stealing her neighbours’ things in the afternoon and she was on phone with her best friend Trudy in the night. Trudy cannot be allowed to speak because she was not at the hostel to see what Sheena was doing during day time.
Source: BarefootLawyers.
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