The accused person has been convicted of murder with constructive intent of the deceased Viola Chitsinde, a woman with whom he had two minor children and used to stay with as his second ‘wife’, through assaults and strangulation using an electric iron power cable. The offence took place on the 28th of October 2024, at Tegwede Shop, Masiyarwa Business Centre, Zvimba. The deceased who was visibly pregnant had demanded some cash for a scan through one of the police officers at Kutama Police station who in turn had called the accused. The deceased ended up at the accused’s shop residence... More
The accused person Cliff Churu was arrested and arraigned for the murder of his colleague and house mate Richmore Gomo. A statement of agreed facts was tendered as the counsels from both sides had plea bargained for a lesser charge of culpable homicide. The court found it proper as firstly the State is dominus litus in the sense that if its evidence cannot sustain a conviction in the main charge a plea-bargaining route may be the best course of action. More
A fourteen-year-old boy was sentenced to an effective 5-year imprisonment term. He had been convicted of rape in terms of section 64 (1) as read with section 65 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23]. It is alleged that he had raped a minor girl aged four years at the time of the commission of the offence. The minor had visited the accused’s room looking for her friend. Reportedly, accused took advantage of the child, dragged and placed her on a sofa and committed some indecent acts through her anal organ, before raping her. More
This is a matter involving a fight amongst small scale illegal gold panners over gold ore. Always common in these fights is the use of sharp knives with fatal consequences. What has emerged from this saga is that the accused and his friend Tauya Chitembetembe arrived at a gold hammermill at Glassgow Compound, Kadoma, on the 3rd of March 2022 to toast their gold ore. Upon arrival they found the deceased already processing his own gold ore in the company of several others. This area is housed within some building and divided by a thatched hedge. One side is where... More
Accused was subsequently arrested and brought before this court for the murder trial. The summarized facts are that the accused was seen by two of the State witnesses who attested orally in court arriving at Seaways Night Club, the scene of crime. The first witness Josephine Danken, the then bar tender testified that when the accused arrived at the joint in the early hours of the morning, he and his colleagues caused a pandemonium in the bar. They forcibly retrieved a US$5.00 note from the bar lady after demanding free beer from the patrons. They then started assaulting the other... More
