MAKONI JA: This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court handed down on 31 January 2019 in which it upheld the respondent’s appeal and granted an order for the eviction of the appellant More
At the close of the defence cases for accused persons both Mr Mutema for accused 1 and Mr O Mafa for accused 2 indicated that they had no closing submissions either orally or written to make. Indeed, their stance may be understandable. The case for both accused persons is not an easy one to say the least. It is only Mr Mbavarira for the state who filed written closing submissions. More
The three accused persons, Lovemore Masauki, Naison Masauki, and Ellin Joe, were arraigned before this court on a charge of murder as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law Code [Chapter 9:23]. They all pleaded not guilty. The state presented viva voce evidence and produced exhibits to support its case against the accused. The accused gave their defences but did not call any other witnesses, relying solely on their own testimonies. More
On 8 February 2018 the High Court delivered a judgment in respect to this matter. The appellant noted the present appeal against the decision of the court a quo which imposed a penalty of death against the appellant for the murder of two deceased persons. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court sitting at Harare upholding the appellant’s conviction and sentence by the Regional Court on a charge of rape. More
