of the defendant and, in cases of appeal, the substance of the appeal (whether it contains a contention that requires legal knowledge or skill), and the nature of the "entirety of the proceedings", for example, whether there are considerable disagreements on points of law or fact in the judgments of lower courtS. 21 106. The Court observes that, as long as the conditions which would warrant legal assistance exist, free legal assistance should be made available in all trial and appellate proceedings 107. In the instant case, the Court notes that the Applicants were represented by lawyers both at the trial Magistrate's Court and the High Court, although from the records of the case file it is not clear if the lawyers were contracted by the Applicants themselves or by the Respondent.2 2 Thus, it was only in the Court of Appeal that the Applicants were not represented. The issue that shall therefore be addressed is whether the conditions that justify the provision of legal assistance were available during the appellate proceedings at the Court of Appeal. 108. With regard to the first condition of indigence, the Respondent has not disputed the claim of the Applicants that they are indigent. The Court thus considers this requirement as having been met. 109. With respect to the second requirement that the interest of justice must warrant the provision of legal assistance, the Court considers that the crime of armed robbery that the Applicants were convicted of was serious and the 30 years' imprisonment that they were sentenced to was severe with grave repercussions on the right to liberty of the Applicants. 110. The case further contains numerous complex legal and factual questions (involving 22 prosecution and 10 defense witnesses) that require considerable legal knowledge and technical pleading skills, which ordinary and Alex Thomas v The United Republic of Tanzania judgement, para. 118. Abubakari case, paras. 138139. See also Case of Granger v. The United Kingdom Application no. 11932/86, European Court of Human Rights, judgment of 28 March 1990, para. 44 21 22 Judgment of Resident Magistrate's Court at Kisutu, Dar es Salaam, p. 2, Judgment of~he Hi h Court of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, p. 2 29 . J \Ii &: I .) ~~~