The accused is charged with the murder of his wife which allegedly occurred in the course of domestic violence on 3 October 2008. Dr N Gonzalez examined the deceased’s remains on 9 October 2008 where upon he compiled a post mortem report. More
The accused and Ngonidzashe Mutsvene were jointly charged with the crime of fraud as defined in s 136(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform )Act [Chapter 9:23] More
The accused was however eventually apprehended and taken to the police station. At the police station he again assaulted one of his fellow employees who had taken him there.
Arising from the above facts the accused was charged with one count of theft and 3 counts of common assault. The trial magistrate treated all the 4 counts as one for the purposes of sentence. He then sentenced the accused to pay a fine of $100 000.00 or in default of payment 20 days imprisonment.
The learned scrutinising regional magistrate took issue with the manner the trial magistrate grouped all the... More
The accused was charged of contravening s 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. It was alleged that on 17 June 2007 and at Kadenge Business Centre, Mushonga Ward in Murewa, he fatally stabbed one Paul Ndombo (the deceased). More
The record of proceedings was addressed to the Registrar by the scrutinizing regional magistrate with the following comments-
“The trial Magistrate erred by bringing into effect 7 months imprisonment instead of 2 months imprisonment. More
