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
The accused person is 20 years old. He pleaded guilty to two counts of having sexual intercourse with his 15 year old girlfriend in contravention of s 70(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. The trial magistrate treated both counts as one for sentence and sentenced him to 12 months imprisonment 2 of which were suspended for 5 years on condition of good behaviour. More
The accused was charged with murder of his grandmother, Vhareta Deza, who died on the 19th of September 2016. The fatal assault is said to have been committed by the accused when he was a juvenile. He did not have a birth certificate at the time. According to the probation officer’s report the accused was born in 2001. He dropped out of school due to his parent’s inability to pay fees. He would therefore have been 15 at the time he committed the offence. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder. More
