The records of proceedings of these 7 cases were placed before me for review in terms of section 29 (4) of the High Court Act [Cap 7:06]. The sentence imposed in each case is not subject to automatic scrutiny or review. The Provincial Magistrate Mutare, picked them up during Criminal Record Book checks. The sentences imposed follow a disturbing pattern. A uniform sentence was imposed for cases whose circumstances, seriousness, mitigatory and aggravatory factors vary so greatly that it is inconceivable that they could be punishable by the imposition of the same sentence. More
The accused persons are charged with murder of a policeman in the course of duty on 29 May 2011.
This has been a protracted trial fraught with applications and counter applications. The state has now applied for a two week postponement of the trial to facilitate the calling of an expert witness, a foreign doctor who conducted the post-mortem on the remains of the deceased. There are certain protocols and procedures that have to be fulfilled before the foreign doctor can testify before our local courts.The long and short of it all is that he can only testify with the... More
The accused persons stand charged with murder as defined in s 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap. 9:23]. In the alternative or concurrently they are charged with public violence as defined in s 36 of the Act. This seemingly unending marathon trial has now entered the home stretch to the relief of everyone concerned following the closure of the state case. More
The two accused pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder which occurred on 15 February, 2018 at a place between Cotton Company of Zimbabwe and Mashonaland Tobacco, along Bulawayo – Harare Railway line adjacent to Lytton Road. The place is a known hangout for day prostitutes, drug peddlars and other unlawful vices which occur there. More
he accused was convicted of contravening s 49 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. He was sentenced to $300 in default of payment 30 days imprisonment. In addition 30 days imprisonment was wholly suspended on condition of future good behaviour. More
