[2] The accused was convicted on a charge of negligent driving in contravention of section 52 (2) of the Road Traffic Act [Chapter 13:11]. He had been initially charged with reckless driving in contravention of s 53(2) of the same Act. The scrutinizing regional magistrate’s view was that the accused’s conviction was improper, and that the consequent sentence meted out by the trial magistrate was ‘disturbingly inappropriate’. More
In this case a 74-year-old man lost his life at the hands of his brother in Mahusekwa area which falls under Chief Nenguwo. The deceased died as a result of an assault upon him by the accused person.
Initially the accused person was charged with murder as defined in s 47(1)(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The charge is marked as Annex “A.” The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder and tendered a plea of guilty to the lesser charge of culpable homicide. The defence and the state came up with a... More
The accused was charged with murder, it being alleged that on the 4th day of December 2014 at around 23:00 hours at Kimcote 2, Beatrice he unlawfully and intentionally killed Lovemore Mutaramutswa by striking him all over his body using sticks thereby inflicting injuries from which the said Lovemore Mataramutswa died. He pleaded not guilty to murder but pleaded guilty to culpable homicide. More
The two accused were arraigned before this court on a charge of murder it being alleged that on the 1st of January 2016 around 00.30 hours at Home Plus bottle store in Bromley NRZ Quarters, they unlawfully and intentionally murdered Blessing Tondodza by head butting, kicking and assaulting him with a jacaranda switch and a metal fluorescent lamp holder on his head thereby causing injuries from which the said Blessing Tondodza died. More
The accused was convicted on her own plea of guilty of having contravened s of 157 (1) (b) Criminal (Codification and Reform Act) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The accused, a female aged 40 years who resides in Mount Darwin, was found in possession of 1885grams of loose cannabis. From the facts the State established that on the 7th May 2017 a certain Constable Goko reacted upon certain information he had received which led to the arrest of the accused on the 8th of May 2017. When she was searched, she was found to be in possession of 4 separate plastic bags... More
