The determination of this murder turned on nothing but the facts.
Killian Tagarira (herein after “the accused”), appeared before this court facing a charge of Murder in terms of s47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (the Criminal Law Code). The allegations against him were that on 8 November 2019, he struck Bernard Shonhai Majaji (herein after the “deceased”), with an axe several times on the head causing injuries from which the deceased met his quietus. More
The accused was charged with the crime of indecent assault as defined in s 67 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:27]. The facts relied upon in the outline of the state case were that the accused, a 30 year old neighbour of the complainant, a married woman aged 22 years old, went to the complainant at her field where she was working alone and proposed love to her. The complainant turned down the proposal. Accused advanced towards the complainant who moved away from him. This did not deter the accused who chased the complainant, tripped and... More
The above two records of proceedings were forwarded to me by the scrutinizing regional magistrate for review. The two accused persons were separately convicted of theft by a magistrate at Marondera. They were sentenced as will be shown below. The convictions were proper and raise no issues. The records of proceedings were send for scrutiny as required by law. The regional magistrate noted irregularities in regards the sentences passed. She raised alarm and directed that the proceedings be placed before a judge for review. Her comments were that she had noted in the case of Munyaradzi Danford Sanyika that part... More
The accused faces a charge of murder in terms of s 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] as well as a charge of robbery in terms of s 126 of the same Code. The allegation is that on 20 June 2016 near the 3km peg along Poverty Valley Road, Chinhoyi, he unlawfully and with intent to kill, strangled and struck one Bertram Gardner on the head with a stone, causing injuries from which the said Bertram Gardner died. In terms of the robbery charge, it is alleged that he intentionally used violence against him to... More
