After losing some obscure musical instrument(s) described in the papers only as a speaker at his home in Chitungwiza, the offender Owen Katsande teamed up with his friends who were named during the proceedings but were not before the court. They rounded up a number of people on suspicion of having stolen the instrument(s) in question. All of their suspects were taken to Owen’s house which they had turned into a torture chamber. The offender and his goons finally cornered the deceased Robert Nyatsine who was the offender’s nephew. They pinned the theft on him and fatally assaulted him. In... More
The 4 accused persons stand charged of treason as defined in s 20 (1) (b) of the Criminal Law Codification & Reform Act [Chapter 9:23]. They are alleged during the period 1 August 2015 and 22 September 2016 to have conspired to overthrow the Government of Zimbabwe by engaging in conduct preparatory to realizing their goal. More
This matter comes before me for review from the magistrate’s court, Chegutu. The accused was charged and convicted on hisown plea of guilty on a charge of contravening s 185(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] that is, escaping from lawful custody. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment.
The brief facts as outlined in the record of proceedings are that the accused is aged 39 years. He was arrested on allegations of rape and on 22 September 2011 he was taken to the Chegutu magistrate’s court for a court appearance presumably for an initial remand.... More
The accused faces one count of murder and 2 counts of attempted murder as defined respectively in ss 47 and 189 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. When the matter was called, the State and defence counsels advised the court that they needed time to draft an agreed statement of facts. The defence counsel had also just hurriedly taken instructions from the accused whom she had failed to access because he had not been transferred from Mutoko prison to Harare. The hearing was postponed to the following day, the 28th February, 2017. The prosecution moved the... More
The accused was convicted after she pleaded guilty to the charge of assault as defined in s 89 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] by the Resident Magistrate at Murambinda on 15 June 2010. More
