This matter came before me for automatic review in terms of section 57(1) of the Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 7:01]. The three accused persons who were unrepresented faced assault charges as defined in section 89(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. It being alleged that on 31 January 2023 at a business Centre in Mrewa one, each or all of them unlawfully committed an act of assault upon Evidence Chiponda by grabbing him once on the neck, hitting him once on the face and stabbing him twice on the stomach with a broken beer bottle intending... More
The two accused were charged with the offence of contravening s 72 (b) of the Magistrates Court Act, [Chapter 7:10]. The charge arose out of the following allegations. On 4 September 2017 a messenger of Court attached certain items of property which belonged to or was under both accused’s possession or control. The property included motor vehicles. The Messenger of Court served the two accused with the appropriate notices of attachment as regarded by law. When he reported to the accused’s premises to remove the property which was under judicial attachment, he established that the accused had removed the property.... More
the accused faced a charge of murder as defined in s 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act, [Cap 9:23] in that on 24 June 2012 at Marindire village, Chief Makumbe, Buhera, she, with actual intent or realizing the real risk that death may result, forced Patience and Panashe Marindire to drink diametheate, the poisonous chemical, from which the two children died. She pleaded not guilty. Most of the facts constituting the basis of the allegations of this double murder are either common cause or not in serious dispute. I will send them out. More
The accused was charged with the crime of murder, as defined in s 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (“the Criminal Law Code”). It is alleged that on 15 August 2020, at Kadza village, with intent to kill, the accused struck one Tendai Manhanzva (“the deceased”), with a log all over the body, causing injuries from which the deceased died. More
The accused was charged with the murder of the deceased in contravention of s 47 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9; 23]. The state alleged that she set the deceased on fire intending to cause his death. She pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The brief facts on which the charge was based are that the accused and the deceased lived together for four years, as husband and wife though they were not married to each other. They separated leading, to the accused, leaving the deceased’s house to go and rent a cabin at... More
