text: [1] The appellant is an adult male Swazi, presently arraigned before the Court of Committal under a warrant of arrest for a charge of escaping from lawful custody while serving two life sentences on charges of robbery in the Republic of South Africa. The appellant is also currently facing a murder charge in our jurisdiction for a murder of a well-known businessman by the name of Victor Gamedze which allegedly took place in broad day light in the presence of members of the public and by use of a firearm at a close range. He is charged under common purpose for this crime.
  [2] The respondent is a creature of statute whose core function is to prosecute criminal and incidental matters in the Kingdom. Its principal offices are situate at Mbabane, region of Hhohho.