The accused was charged with murder as defined in s 47(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] it being alleged that on 23 December 2016 at Gute Nite Club Ziko Dema the accused unlawfully and intentionally caused the death of Benjamin Chandimhara by strangulating the deceased with a shoe lace. More
The two cases under review, illustrate once again that the tribulation of minimum mandatory sentencing will for a long time to come remain an albatross on the necks of judicial officers. No amount of criticism or demonstration of the inefficacy of minimum mandatory sentences appears to deter legislatures from prescribing the nadir of punishments which judicial officers can impose on certain types of offenders and offences. Arguments against mandatory sentencing abound. More
Laye Fode Kaba (the deceased) was a Guinea National who was residing in Mozambique but would frequent Zimbabwe to illegally deal in diamonds from Chiadzwa area. He was known to both accused and it is clear from the evidence led and accepted by the court that the deceased was very close to the accused persons whom he relied upon as his agents in the lucrative illegal diamond business. More
The six accused persons are charged with treason as defined in s 20 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act [Cap 9:23], alternatively contravening s 30 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act [Cap 9:23] that is to say, causing disaffection among the Police Force or Defence Force. More
The accused was charged with 2 counts of robbery when he appeared in the Chegutu Magistrates Court it being alleged in the first count that on 24 January 2021 at Jack Farm Selous he unlawfully and intentionally used violence upon Ngoni Jakata by assaulting him with a whip, open hand and booted feet all over his body in order to induce fear in the said Ngoni Jakata who had lawful custody of the property and stole ZW$400 bond notes US$11 and 40kg maize and went away and count 2 on 24 January 2021 and at Jack Farm Selous the accused... More
