This is a claim for damages for unlawful arrest and malicious prosecution. Plaintiff is a 26 year old fashion model who had a thriving modelling career and had a part-time business as a Master of Ceremonies. She was also employed on a part-time basis as a show presenter on national television. This is the status in society which plaintiff enjoyed by her own hard work until the first defendant, one Tracy Shile caused her arrest and instigated her prosecution for allegedly infectingfirst defendant’s minor child, aged two years, with HIV. Firstdefendant also reported that plaintiff had also physically assaulted her... More
The plaintiff issued summons against the defendant claiming $2 000 000, interest and costs for defamation damages arising out of the publication of three articles by defendant’s stable of newspapers which she alleged damaged her reputation and dignity. She subsequently amended her summons to reduce the quantum of damages claimed to $100 000. More
The facts of this case can be summarised as follows:
The two appellants were arraigned before the provincial court sitting at Mutare on 27 July 2008. The two were being charged with contravening s 170 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23], in that they offered some police officers a bribe in the sum of $1200 000-00 (One million and two hundred thousand dollars) as an inducement to the police officers to enable the appellants to enter the restricted Chiadzwa diamond fields for purposes of illegal diamond mining. More
On 15 February 2021 I dismissed this bail application pending appeal filed by the applicants. I gave a brief ex tempore judgment for the dismissal. The applicants have requested through the Registrar for a fully dressed judgment. More
The applicant was on the on the 29th of September 2013 convicted by this court of murder in terms of section 47(1) (a) of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act [Chapter 9:23]. He was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. On 6th of June 2018, he filed an application for condonation for late noting of leave to appeal against both conviction and sentence. More
