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
The accused was arraigned before the Magistrates Court facing two counts of theft as defined in s 131(2)(e) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23] (the Criminal Law Code). The allegations against him were that on the night of 29 April 2023 at Mashwede Complex, in Warren Park, Harare, he broke into two different shops and stole various property. He pleaded not guilty to both counts, but was convicted of the first count and acquitted of the second count after a contested trial. More
