1. After hearing submissions from the applicant and counsel for the respondent, I delivered an ex tempore judgement dismissing this application for leave to appeal out of time and for a certificate to prosecute the appeal in person. This was on 3 November 2022. More
1. On 16 January 2016 the appellant and one NomoreHakutangwi pleaded guilty to and were convicted of twenty-four counts of theft and thirteen counts of unlawful entry into premises as defined in ss 113 and 131 of the Criminal Law Code respectively.
2. The offences were committed on many given dates between 30 June 2013 and 23 September 2015.
3. The court a quo divided the offences into three groups for the purposes of sentence. It treated the offences in each group as one for the purposes of sentence.
4. Offences committed around the same period were grouped together.
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This application for contempt of court was made, in terms of r 79 of the High Court Rules, 2021. The respondent is Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) and Commissioner General of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (N.O.). On 5 July 2021, in an appeal under HC (CA) 354/19 (judgment HH 347-21), MUZOFA J in favour of the applicants was granted as follows:
“Accordingly, the appeal is hereby upheld:
The sentence imposed by the court a quo is set aside and substituted as follows:
1. $2000 in default of payment, 10 months’ imprisonment. The 228 boxes of cigarettes are forfeited to the State.... More
This is an appeal against both conviction and sentence imposed upon the appellant by the Magistrates Court following a charge of aggravated indecent assault as defined in s 66 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform )Act [Chapter 9:23]. Appellant denied the charge in the court a quo. More
