The accused is charged with murder. She is alleged to have set her husband alight on 20 September 2009. On that fateful night the deceased got home drunk and proceeded to fall asleep. While he was fast asleep the accused set him alight thereby causing him fatal burns from which he died on 23 September 2009. The post mortem report confirmed death was due to respiratory failure due to the 85% degree burns which he sustained. More
All three accused pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder involved their brother Oscar Chimbuya (“the deceased”). The undisputed facts are as follows. 1st accused pulled down the tombstones erected by the deceased on their father’s grave. He took the stones and placed them in a dish. He placed this dish with the said tombstones, inside the deceased’s kitchen hut. Upon learning that the 1st accused was behind this abomination, the deceased reported the matter to their village head. The village head then set up a team which included the deceased. This team was to approach the 1st accused... More
The accused Patrick Mapita pleaded guilty to a charge of murdering his father on the night of 20th of May 2013, when he is alleged to have struck him with a pestle following a domestic dispute. More
The accused was arraigned on a charge of theft of an ATM card in contravention of s 113(1)(a) and (d) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (the Criminal Code). The facts show that the accused stole an ATM card. He later used it to purchase goods worth ZW$153 180. Upon conviction he was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment of which 3 months imprisonment was suspended on the condition of goods behaviour. Another 3 months imprisonment was suspended on condition of restitution. Effective sentenced of 6 months imprisonment. More
The complainant is an orphan whose mother had passed away and she remained in the accused’s custody together with 7 other children. The children are currently under the care and custody of the accused’s in-laws.
She had previously been gang raped by 3 men on her way to school. As a result she was no longer attending school preferring to study at home, perhaps for fear of being raped. Whilst she was so studying at home the accused developed a lustful sexual appetite for his daughter. He would therefore, from time to time call her into his room where he... More
