The accused pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder as defined in section 47 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23](“the Criminal Law Code”) in which it is alleged that on 8 August 2014 at Farm 414 Zviyambe East, Wedza, the accused, with intent to kill, forced Ashley Ruvarashe Chikandiwa, his biological daughter, to drink some poisonous substance thereby causing her to die. More
This murder occurred on the night of 6 September 2020 at Kadowa village, Dotito in Mt Darwin. Two suspects, Nomore Mavhura and Japhet Chimunondo also known as Martin Daiton Mutuvha were implicated in the crime. Nomore Mavhura (Mavhura) was arrested first, tried and convicted of the murder. The accused in this case, Japhet Chimunondo was apprehended a year later after the police tracked him. He now stands accused of the murder of Clifford Kadowa (hereinafter the deceased) as defined in s 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. More
The accused was arraigned before this court on allegations of contravening s 174 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23], that is to say, criminal abuse of duty as a public officer. In brief, the accused who was employed by the Municipality of Chitungwiza as a Director of Housing, Education and Community Services is alleged to have corruptly allocated various stands situate at the Town Centre in Chitungwiza for lease to individuals and organisations for commercial purposes without obtaining Council Resolutions, and without advertising such leases as required in terms of s 152 (2) of the... More
This is an application for the discharge of the accused at the close of the State Case in terms of s 198 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Cap 9:07]. The accused stands charged with one count of fraud and another count of contravening s 5(1)(a)(1) of the Exchange Control Act [Cap 22:05] as read with s 4(1)(a) (ii) of the Exchange Control Regulations, 1996(S.I. 109 of 96).It is alleged in the first count that, between 1 February 2001 and 9 November 2002, the accused unlawfully and with intent to defraud, obtainedfrom one Yakub Ibrahim Mohammed (Mohammed) an amount... More
These two matters are dealt with at the same time because they both raise issues that emanate from the misapplication by the trial courts of the provisions of the Stock Theft Amendment Act 6 of 2004 which came into operation on 27 August 2004. More
