Repudiated is a denied confession i.e accused denies to have made the confession at all.
Retracted confession is the one in which accused avoids to have made certain statement i.e accused alleges that what is said by the prosecution is not exactly what he said or meant or is the one in which accused agrees to have made in the statement but says that he made it by inducement, threat or promise.
What is evidentially value of repudiated or retracted confession?
Repudiated or retracted confession may support conviction if the court is fully satisfied in all circumstances of the case that either of the two is true. See Tuwamoi vs. Uganda [1967] E.A at pg 91. However as a matter of prudence conviction founded on repudiated or retracted confession is required to be corroborated. See the decision of Court of Appeal of Tanzania in J. Mwakatoka vs. Republic [1990] TLR 17 and Ali Salehe Msuta vs. Republic [1980] TLR 1.
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