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
[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
