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wave about the said knife in order to show everyone that she was armed with such
a dangerous weapon.
The stabbing of the deceased could not have been
accidental, as a result, possibly of such show of strength or power to defend
herself. It was deliberate and intentional.
If the stabbing was deliberate and intentional was it done in self-defence? The
accused has alleged that there were four big girls spoiling for a fight with her. She
armed herself with the said weapon for the purpose of defending herself against
their intended attack. There is no evidence that there were four big girls spoiling
for a fight with this accused. The accused's own close friend and classmate PW3
had never observed anything of the sort. PW1 also denied that there was such a
plot or even an indication of such a possibility. Evidence point at the accused
person picking on amongst the other school girls, this deceased person. The other
three in the deceased's company were just the bystanders and onlookers like the
rest of the school children found waiting with this accused. True, there was a
crowd of school kids who waited with the accused when they heard that there was
going to be a fight. Deceased was minding her own business. Together with her
classmates she had gone via the shop on her way home from school. It is common
to see the school children standing-by while some of them are engaged in a fight.
It is a form of entertainment. Those school kids who are entertained, standby as
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