II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION A. Facts of the matter 3. It emerges from the record that on 5 May 2009, the Applicant sent a twelve (12) year old girl to a shop to buy him a match box. Upon her return,he lured her to his room and raped her. The girl reported the incident to her mother who further reported the matter to the police. The Applicant was arrested and charged with rape before the District Court of Nzega. On 26 May 2009, the Applicant was convicted and sentenced to a term of thirty (30) years in prison and one (1) stroke of the cane. 4. On 1 June 2009, the Applicant appealed against his conviction and sentence at the High Court of Tanzania sitting at Tabora, which dismissed the appeal through a judgment dated 9 August 2011. He further appealed to the Court of Appeal, but his appeal was dismissed in its entirety on 10 March 2014. B. Alleged violations 5. III. The Applicant alleges the violation of his right to a fair trial, in that: i. He was convicted on the basis of a defective charge sheet; and ii. He was also convicted on the basis of unreliable evidence SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 6. The application was filed on 2 October 2017. On 8 May 2018, the Applicant filed the record of the proceedings of the national courts after being requested to do so on 22 February 2018. 3