tried was unwarranted particularly because there does not appear to have been any extended police investigations of the crime. * 130. The Respondent State did not specifically respond to this issue but generally submitted that it did not violate Article 7 of the Charter, since the proceedings during the trial were fair, with all requirements met as envisaged under this provision and that the prosecutions in the original Criminal Case No.8 of 2004 and Criminal Appeal No. 230 of 2010, were conducted in accordance with the governing laws and procedures. *** 131. The Court notes that Article 7(1)(d) of the Charter provides that everyone has “the right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial court or tribunal”. 132. The Court notes that in the instant case, the timeframe being contested by the Applicant is the period between his arrest and commencement of the trial. The records on file indicate that after the Applicant was arrested on 31 August 2003, he was charged with the offence of murder. On 10 November 2004, the Applicant and his co-accused entered their plea before the High Court of Tanzania at Karagwe. The trial commenced at the High Court of Bukoba on 22 July 2010, and a voire dire (trial within a trial) was held to determine the voluntariness or otherwise of the extra-judicial statement submitted by the Applicant’s brother and co-accused Evaristo Lazaro. The Court held that the extra judicial statement was admissible evidence and ordered that it be tendered as evidence. The main trial was concluded on 6 August 2010. On 12 August 2010, the Applicant filed an appeal to the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal began considering the appeal on 25 November 2011, and dismissed it for lack of merit on 28 November 2011. 36