The accused was charged with the offence of Stock Theft as defined in s 114 of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23]. He was convicted on his own plea of guilty by the magistrate M Mabika Esquire sitting at Chinhoyi on 24 November 2020 and sentenced to the mandatory minimum sentence of 9 years imprisonment. The charge alleged that the accused, aged 48 years, in the month of October 2020 at Highbury Farm, Chinhoyi, the accused and an accomplice intending to deprive the complainant of his cattle drove away six (6) herd of cattle belonging to the... More
This case epitomises the unpredictable nature of youth. The accused is charged with contravening s 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. The charge reads as follows: More
The accused was convicted in the Magistrates’ court for exposing an infant in contravention of s 108 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (The Criminal Code). A sentence of 6 months imprisonment which was wholly suspended on the usual conditions of good behavior was imposed. More
The accused is facing a charge of murder as defined in s 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23]. The allegations against her are that on 4 April 2013 and at House Number 2369 New Stands, Mutoko Hospital, Mutoko, the accused, with intent to kill or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that her conduct might cause death, persisted in her conduct which caused the death of the now deceased Taurayi Zekiya Mukarakate by stabbing him once on the left side of his chest with a knife. More
That on the 11th of April 2022, at around 10.00 a.m. and at Plot 20, Wildbeast farm in Featherstone, the accused struck David Dube (the deceased) with a stone on the head thereby causing injuries from which the deceased died on the 20th of April 2022, is common cause. The post mortem that was produced by the State with the consent of the defence states that the cause of death was brain damage, severe head trauma and intra parenchymal hemorrhage. The accused, who is facing a charge of murder as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law Codification and... More
