The deceased succumbed to death on 18 December 2011 from burns sustained in a horrific inferno at her matrimonial home on 14 December 2013. The circumstances under which she sustained the mortal burns are hotly contested. That the deceased caught fire after she had been doused in paraffin and then set alight is beyond question. More
The 3 accused persons appeared before this court on 21 May, 2018 facing 3 counts of fraud, 4 counts of Criminal Abuse of duty as a public officer, 4 counts of Money laundering and 3 counts of corruptly concealing from the principal a personal interest in a transaction. They did not plead to the charges. When the 3 initially appeared as aforesaid, they were part of an indictment which listed 5 accused persons. The other 2, namely Jonathan Moyo and Frederick Mandizvidza had charges against them withdrawn before plea. Jonathan Moyo was not served with the indictment whilst Frederick Mandizvidza... More
In this application, counsel for the 1st accused, Mr Matinenga filed a preliminary application to have the charges against the 1st accused quashed. Counsel for the 3rd accused subsequently advised that he had taken a cue from 1st accused’s counsel and intended to file a similar application. Before I deal with the applications, I will briefly set out the background to this trial so that the trail of proceedings is not lost. More
Both accused were initially charged with murder but were convicted on their own pleas of guilty to the lesser charge of culpable homicide as defined in s 49 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap. 9:23]. More
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
