MUZOFA J: The accused was convicted after a trial for contravening s60 A (3) (1) of the Electricity Act [Chapter 13:19] “the Act” for cutting, destroying or interfering with apparatus used to generate, transmit or supply electricity. He pleaded guilty to the charge. The court found no special circumstances, it then imposed the minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years imprisonment. More
The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. He however pleaded guilty to culpable homicide as defined in section 49 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. The State accepted their limited plea. More
Mary Wisdom, a 70-year-old woman stands accused of the murder of her 74-year-old husband. She has been arraigned and charged of murder as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law Reform and Codification Act, [Chapter,9:23]. She pleaded not guilty to the offence. More
This is a murder case involving two vulnerable persons. The deceased a mere eleven months old infant was struck to death by the accused a well-known young female mental patient. Resultantly accused has been charged with murder under s47
(1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23]. More
The remains of a four-year-old young girl were found lying in a pool of blood, her head crushed and her brains scattered on the floor of the wooden cabin they called their home in the early hours of the 18th of February 2023. The accused person, Micheal Milfort, the step father, was the last person to be seen with the deceased alive late in the night of the previous day. He was arrested in connection with the heinous killing and charged with murder as defined in s47 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and reform Act [Chapter 9:23]. More
