The accused person was jointly charged with another on one count of theft of newspapers. They pleaded not guilty but the accused was convicted after a trial. His co accused was acquitted at the end of the trial. The accused was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment of which 3 months were suspended on conditions of good behaviour and the remaining 3 months on condition he performed 105 hours of community service, which was to commence on 4 August 2006 and be completed within three weeks of that date. More
The accused was properly convicted, on his own plea, of assault as defined in s 89(1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act, [Cap 9:23], and another of pledge-taking as defined in s122(1) of the same Act. In sentencing the accused the magistrate treated the two counts as one for sentence and sentenced him to six months imprisonment with two suspended for five years “on condition the offender is not within that period, convicted of any offence involving violence or theft for which he will be sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine.” The learned scrutinising... More
The two accused persons who are brothers pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder as defined in s 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (the Criminal Law Code). More
: The accused was charged with the murder of his own son in contravention of s 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. He pleaded not guilty.
It is common cause that on 12 June 2007 the accused left his parents’ home in Chivakanenyama village Karoi. He left in the company of his two sons Ronald and Tawanda. He had told his mother Eneresi Siamkonde that he was taking his sons to the Registrar General’s office in Karoi to obtain birth certificates for them. He ended up boarding a lift to Ceresi farm. His son... More
The accused person who I will refer to as the convicted person was charged for the contravention of s 4 (1), as read with 3 (1) (a) of the Domestic Violence Act [Cap 5:16]. The facts on which he was charged are that he assaulted Velonica Mushambadoro several times on the face, with clenched fists. More
