The accused is charged with the crime of murder as defined in s 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. It is alleged that on 30 August 2023 he unlawfully caused the death of his wife Spejina Kawocha by striking her twice with a log on the head intending to kill her or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that his conduct may cause the death of the deceased and continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility. More
All the jointly charged accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder as defined by s47(1) of the Criminal law Codification and Reform Act, [Chapter,9:23]. The common thread running through their defences, is that though they were present at the scene of the two fights they did not kill the deceased. They also state that they never acted in common purpose with one another to commit the crime of murder. More
On the 18th April 2023 the accused and his wife the deceased left home and proceeded to Gomango shopping centre, Landfall, Mutorashanga to celebrate the Independence Day. Unfortunately a day that started with merry making ended in tragedy. On their way back they had an intense altercation. The accused pushed the deceased off the road, sat on her strangled her and stabbed her with a broken mirror. He left her lying helplessly by the road. More
In the murder case, the legal practitioners found each other but somewhere along the line they could not find the accused. This is because the legal practitioners, obviously with the concurrence of the accused agreed to proceed on the lesser charge of culpable homicide. A statement of agreed facts was prepared. However, when the charge was put to the accused, he pleaded not guilty to the charge. He completely denied causing the death of the deceased and raised self-defence. His legal practitioner was helpless in the face of her client’s change of heart. Fortunately, the key state witness was in... More
The accused was charged with murder together with his accomplice one Mike Mupatutsa who has since absconded. The State applied for a separation of trials and proceeded against the accused before the court. The allegations are that on the 5th of March 2022 at Kyle compound beerhall the accused and his accomplices assaulted the deceased one Carlos Antonio with wooden sticks, stones and a metal pipe leading to the deceased’s death. The state tendered the summary of its case which was marked Annexure ‘A’. More
