The accused appeared before the Provincial Magistrate sitting at Marondera facing a charge for contravening section 27 (d) of the Firearms Act, Chapter 10:09 (the Act), that is, unlawfully discharging a firearm in or upon a public place. He was convicted on his own plea of guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of US$100 failure of which to undergo imprisonment for a period of 6 months. More
The accused Bowen Samasuwo pleaded not guilty to murder. The allegation by the state was that on the 18th of August 2009, at Bury hill farm in Banket, he unlawfully and with intent to kill, or realising that his conduct might cause death had stabbed one Noah Dennias with a knife on the back right side of his chest. The stabbing had caused injuries from which he died. The accused pleaded complete self-defence in that he was under an unlawful attack at the time More
The accused Brighton Nyamukoho was charged with murder in that on the 25th of July 2016 he killed his paternal aunt being his father’s sister by striking her on the head with a log following accusations that she was a witch and had caused the death of her husband. The accused pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. More
Both accused persons in this case are charged with murder which had its genesis in a request for a cigarette by the deceased, one Moses Chiyangwa. This request was to one Joseph Mutonhodzi, a reveller at the bar who was the first accused, Carrington Gwera’s friend. They had been drinking at the bar till the early hours of Saturday 16th of April 2016, when the unwelcome request was made. More
The accused was charged with the murder of his wife whom he was said to have assaulted with an iron bar on the 15th of May 2017 resulting in her death. He pleaded not guilty to murder but was willing to plead guilty to culpable homicide. The trial proceeded on the charge of murder.
The backdrop of the State’s case was that the deceased and the accused had been customarily married for about 12 years. They had a misunderstanding on the 12th of May when the accused had confronted his wife about her alleged infidelity. She had left home that... More
