The accused persons who are juveniles aged 16 years and 17 years respectively pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder as defined in s 47(1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform (Act) [Chapter 9:23] (the Criminal Law Code). The two accused persons who are cousins in that their mothers are blood sisters tendered pleas of guilty to the lesser charge of culpable homicide. More
The accused pleaded not guilty to a charge of murdering one Witness Chisora on 15 September 2018 at Chiruma 1 Village Chief Nyamaropa Madziwa. It was alleged that the accused axed the deceased on the head when deceased forced his entry into one Talent Kanyongo Madziwa’s bedroom where the accused was sleeping with the said Talent. The deceased on being struck on the head sustained a deep cut from which the deceased died. More
: Contrary to the representations made by counsel on his behalf, that he is a first offender with no history of violent behaviour, the offender, Tinotenda Mangenjani is a murderer who can rightly be described as the bully of Shamva. From the evidence submitted during his trial, he terrorised the entire community in which he lived. He terrified even members of his own family to the extent that his brother watched helplessly as he butchered the deceased and attacked another person who had gathered the courage to restrain him. More
This record of proceedings was subject of scrutiny by the Acting Regional Magistrate, Northern Division, Marondera. The scrutinizing regional magistrate considered that the trial magistrate had misdirected himself in imposing sentence in that he imposed a fine which was way above the means of the accused and failed to consider and grant time to pay to the accused. The scrutinizing regional magistrate consequently referred the proceedings for review in terms of s 58(3)(b) of the Magistrate Court Act, [Chapter 7:10]. I should indicate that the accused has since served the sentence which was impugned by the scrutinizing regional magistrate. The... More
The Senior Regional Magistrate in Masvingo has referred this matter to the Registrar for guidance on the following facts.
The accused was duly convicted on his plea of guilty to three counts of contravening section 4(1) as read with section 3(1)(a) of the Domestic Violence Act [Chapter 5:16] for having assaulted his wife on three separate occasions. More
