The accused was convicted of escaping from lawful custody as defined in s185 (1) b of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23]‘the Criminal Code’. He had a previous conviction of unlawful entry into premises in contravention of s131 of the Criminal Code, for which a portion of imprisonment was suspended on condition that the accused did not commit any offence involving dishonesty during the period of suspension, When the Court convicted him of escaping from lawful custody, it brought into effect the suspended sentence. This was a misdirection. More
Initially the accused, Faithfully Khumalo had been jointly charged with her husband Fredrick Mucharaga, on the charge of murdering her eleven-year- old son, Anele Khumalo. The husband is reportedly critically ill and bedridden. He therefore, was not able to stand trial. An application in terms of s190 of the Criminal Procedure Evidence and Reform Act Chapter 9:07, to amend pleadings and file those reflecting only the accused was made and granted. She was charged with murder as defined in s47 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act Chapter 9:23. She pleaded not guilty to the charge. More
The seven accused persons have been arraigned on a charge of murder in terms of s 47(1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23]. They have all denied the charge by pleading not guilty. It is accused 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6’s defence that they were neither present nor participated in the commission of the offence. Accused 1 admits being part of the group which accosted and assaulted the deceased rival gang but denies being present at the time the deceased was being assaulted to death. Accused 7 does not deny his presence or his participation... More
A seventeen-year-old teenager died of five gunshot wounds, one in the head, three in the thorax region and one on the thigh at the hands of the accused person on the 9th of May 2020 at house stand number 732 Rudland, Orange Groove Chinhoyi. An arrest was made close to five months later, on the 28th of September 2020 resulting in murder charges in contravention of section 47(1) of the Criminal Law Reform and Codification Act [Chapter 9:23] being preferred on the accused. Interestingly, bail was granted on the following day on initial remand. More
Innocent Bob had a fist fight with the deceased Isaac Tsingano in a night club on the night of the 9th of June 2022. Issac Tsingano later died on the 11th of July 2022 at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital. The cause of death as per the autopsy report, admitted into evidence as exhibit 2, was tripartite. It was stated as brain damage, brain abscess and head trauma. As a result, accused was arrested and charged with the murder of the deceased in terms of s47 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23]. More
