The accused stands convicted on his own plea of guilty to a charge of culpable homicide committed under the most disturbing bizarre circumstances. The brief undisputed facts are thatsometime in 2009 the deceased rapedand infected the accused’s wife with the deadly aids virus. She in turn infected her husband and their newly born baby. More
This case illustrates how gruesome crimes of passion can become. The accusedwas indicted before the High Court facing a charge of murder as defined in s47 (1) (b) of the Cl Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9.23]. More
The accused person was arraigned before a magistrate at Harare facing 2 counts of fraud in breach of s 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23], one count of using a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent in violation of s 57(1)(b) of the Road Traffic Act [Cap 13:11] and one count of theft of trust property in violation of s 113(2)(d) of [Cap 9:23]. He pleaded not guilty to all the charges. More
This is an application by the accused for discharge at the close of the State’s case in terms of s 198(3) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (Chapter 9:07). The application relates to the charges in counts 2 and 3 and the alternatives and also to counts 4,5, 6 and 7. The accused pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of the charge in count 1, a contravention of the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01] on which he is still to be sentenced. More
This matter was placed before me on automatic review in terms of s 57 of the Magistrate Court Act [Chapter 7:10] as the unrepresented accused had been sentenced to a period in excess of twelve months imprisonment. More
