The accused person was 21 years old when he was arraigned before a Regional Magistrate in Bulawayo charged with contravening s 66 (1)(a)(i) of Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. He was convicted on 1 December 2011 and sentenced to ten years imprisonment of which two years was suspended for five years on condition of future good behaviour More
The two accused persons were initially jointly charged with two others. They all faced the crime of murder as defined in s 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (The Criminal law Code). Just before the court could pass judgment accused 2 defaulted. The prosecutor applied for a warrant of arrest to be issued against him which the court did. The State further applied for a separation of trials to enable the court to pass judgment in relation to accused 1. The application was granted. The verdict at the end of the judgment therefore relates... 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 two accused persons are brothers. They pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder as defined in s 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23]. The details of the charge were that, on 29 September, 2013 at Hidden Valley Farm, Mazowe, the two unlawfully and with intent to kill struck the deceased Stanley Tembo with a stone on the head thereby inflicting injuries which resulted in the death of the deceased. More
Jeremiah Saungweme (the accused) was a security officer with a private security company called VS Security. He together with others was deployed to guard Shamva Gold Mine against the somewhat incessant invasions of its gold fields by illegal artisanal miners colloquially called amakorokoza. In his zeal to discharge his duties, he is alleged to have shot and killed one of the illegal miners called Willard Silas (the deceased). More
