Appellant was charged and convicted of three counts of robbery by the Magistrates court sitting at Chinhoyi Regional Court on the 31" of May 2022. He was sentenced to six years imprisonment on each of the three counts. Three years imprisonment was suspended with conditions from the combined total of 18 years. He was left to serve 15 years in custody. Aggrieved by that decision, he has appealed to this court against both conviction and sentence in all the three counts. More
: This is an application for bail pending appeal. The applicant was convicted in November 2017 on one count of stock theft in contravention of s114 2(a)(i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act) Chapter 9:23. The court did not find any special circumstances, it then imposed the mandatory sentence of 9 years imprisonment.
The applicant filed an appeal against conviction in 2022 after being granted leave by this court to do so under HC7/22. More
: In this automatic review matter the accused was charged and convicted of stock theft as defined in of s114 of the Criminal Law Reform and Codification Act, Chapter 9:23 after a contested trial. He was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment of which 2 years were suspended for 5 years on related conditions. One year imprisonment was suspended on condition of restitution of the sum of US$3859.00. He is serving an effective 11 year jail term. More
The facts are that, on the 29th of June 2022, at Victory farm Mhangura, it is alleged that the accused in the company of three or so others, vandalized a 200KVA transformer after tying and incapacitating the security guard on the premises. They made away with the copper windings from the vandalized transformer after tying and incapacitating the security guard. The security guard later freed himself after they had left and informed his employer who in turn made a police report. The accused was arrested at a police roadblock on the 2nd of July 2022 in a vehicle with three... More
The applicants are facing one count of robbery. The allegations are that on the 24th of April 2022 the applicants in the company of seven other accomplices still at large hired a silver Nissan caravan registration number ADC 7476 from one Simbarashe Jabangwe. They were armed with an unknown type of a firearm. They wore camouflage. They proceeded toa mine known as Golden Etolpacks, ARDA Endeavour Mhangura where they threatened the security guards, tied their hands and legs and took their cellphones. More
