[1] This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court sitting at Bulawayo (“court a quo”) wherein the court sentenced the first appellant to three years imprisonment for each of the 17 counts he had been convicted of, with some counts being ordered to run concurrently, resulting in a total effective sentence of 45 years imprisonment. Similarly, the second appellant was sentenced to three years imprisonment for each of the 18 counts he had been convicted of, with certain counts running concurrently, leading to a total effective sentence of 48 years imprisonment.
BACKGROUND FACTS
The appellants were charged...
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