The accused pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder it being alleged that on 16 December 2016 at Pfumai Village, Mutasa, the accused with actual intent or realising the real risk or possibility of death occurring stabbed Robert Masasa (“the deceased”) once on the left side of the chest thereby inflecting injuries from which the said Robert Masasa died. More
The accused was convicted on his own his plea of guilty of theft of two bulls. He stole the beasts on the 21st September 2004. He was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment of which 12 months imprisonment were suspended on appropriate conditions.
Section 12 of the Stock Theft Amendment Act 6 of 2004 which became law on the 27th August 2004 introduced a minimum mandatory sentence of 9 years imprisonment but not exceeding 25 years imprisonment. The section reads:
“12(1) Any person who is convicted of the theft of or attempted theft of any equine or bovine animal or receiving... More
On 28 April 2005, the two accused persons were arraigned before the Magistrates Court sitting on circuit at Middle Save. They were charged with the theft of a bovine from the grazing area in Musapingura Village Chief Musikavanhu, Chipinge, which occurred on 20 April 2005. More
The accused is charged with the murder of a farmer, Charles Anderson, on the 2nd of June 2002 at Norfolk Farm, by shooting him in the head with an AK rifle. The accused denies shooting the deceased and states that it was his accomplice, Benedict Makumbe, who shot the deceased. More
This record of proceedings came before me on automatic review in terms of s 57 of the Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 7:10].
At his trial, the accused who was charged with the offence of assault as defined in s 89(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (the Code) pleaded guilty to that crime. However, at the time that the trial magistrate was explaining the essential elements of the offence to him, it turned out that the accused’s explanation for the commission of the crime was that he was intoxicated at the time that he committed the... More
