A terminally ill juvenile aged 18 years was arrested and charged for contravening section 89(4)C of the Postal and Telecommunications Act Chapter 12:05, alternatively, section 10 of the Copper Control Act Chapter 14:12, that is found in possession of copper wires without a license. Both statutory offences carry a specified mandatory prison term with the latter a ten- year automatic custodial sentence. He was convicted of the alternative charge and acquitted on the main after tendering a guilty plea. The trial court found no special circumstances and sentence him to an effective ten- year mandatory sentence. More
On the 23rd of March 2024 and at Delacia B1 Shops, Chikari, the accused aged only 21 years stabbed the deceased one Norest Shambare with an okapi knife on the neck. The deceased later died from the injuries. The accused was arrested and charged with murder. He denied the charge and raised self-defence. More
This murder case raises one issue for determination whether the accused is liable for the death of the deceased who fled from the accused and jumped into a river and died. The background facts are largely common cause. On the 20th of January 2024 the accused who was in the company of one other person apprehended the deceased Tawanda Musona a suspected thief. They assaulted him using open hands and switches. They intended to take him to the farm office. Along the way, the deceased bolted. He ran away, they pursued him. Deceased ran and jumped into Munene River. The... More
The accused person pleaded not guilty to the offence of murder in contravention of s47 (1) of the Criminal Law Code. He raised two defences, provocation and self- defence with voluntary intoxication as a mitigatory factor. It is alleged that he axed to death his friend and relative, Washington Kachepa, on the night of 25th of March, 2024 after a beer drink at Bluegrass Village, Kadoma. More
