On the evening of 20 January, 2024, at no 401 Ushewekunze in Harare, a domestic dispute erupted for the umpteenth time in a household which knew no peace. This time, the argument revolved around Lovemore Tembo (the deceased)’s intention to leave the house for a beer drink with colleagues. Memory Marira, (the offender), vehemently opposed that plan. She pursued the deceased around the yard and back inside the house in a desperate attempt to prevent his departure. More
The accused was convicted on her own plea of guilty to a charge of assault as defined in s 89 of the Criminal code in consequence whereof she was sentenced to ten months imprisonment of which six months imprisonment was suspended on appropriate conditions of good behaviour. The remaining four months imprisonment was suspended on condition she paid a fine of $4 000-00. The State outline had alleged that the accused assaulted the complainant on the head with an axe. More
Had it not been tragic, the sordid and grimy events which led to these allegations of murder would have been the perfect script for a horror movie. In another sad reality of the scourge of domestic violence Merjury Murira (hereinafter the accused) appeared before this court charged with the murder of her husband Taruwinga Muhwati. The allegations against her are that on 19 November 2020 at Chisiku village in Pfungwe Mutoko, she struck the deceased once on the chin with an axe intending to kill him or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that her conduct could... More
The accused is a young man of 24 years of age. He was 21 years of age when he allegedly murdered his niece one Alga Lyn Chamisa at Number 7 Cinamon, Close, Ballantine, Chisipite, Harare. The facts and circumstances surrounding the murder of the deceased are to a large extent common cause. What is in dispute is simply the identity of her murderer. More
A thirty-nine-year-old thief, Tafadzwa Kamudyariwa (herein after referred to as “the deceased”), his friend Joseph Mugwambiwa and an unnamed assailant conspired to steal irrigation water pipes at Geluck Farm in Bindura. The state alleged that, on 16 September 2022, they proceeded to Geluck farm. They however aborted their mission when alarm was raised about their unwelcome presence at the farm. The thieves fled to nearby Avonda farm. More
