Village within the District and Region of Shinyanga. He was arrested, charged with three different counts of murder and tried before the High Court in Tabora. 4. On 21 September 2007, the High Court found the Applicant guilty of murder on all the three counts under the doctrine of recent possession and sentenced him to death by hanging. 5. The Applicant appealed against this decision before the Court of Appeal at Tabora, which dismissed the appeal on 18 April 2013 as baseless. 6. He then filed an Application for review of the decision of the Court of Appeal which was also dismissed on 23 August 2017. B. Alleged violations 7. The Applicant alleges the violation of his right to a fair trial owing to the fact that his conviction was, allegedly, based on evidence that was not substantiated. III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 8. The Application was filed at the Registry on 6 June 2018 and served on the Respondent State on 27 June 2018, which was given 60 days to file its Response. 9. The Respondent State did not file a Response within the time allocated to it and even after several reminders,3 it did not file its Response to the Application. 3 By letter dated September 6, 2018, received at the Registry on September 13, 2018, the Respondent State requested for an extension of the deadline for filing its response to the Application and indicated that the delay was due to the need to consult various stakeholders. The reminders were sent on 13 September 2018, 18 September 2018, 24 August 2018 and 21 January 2019. 3