The accused person is facing a charge of murder as defined in s 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (the Criminal Law Code). She pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The State alleges that on 19 May 2022, the accused unlawfully and with intent to kill or realizing that there was a real risk or possibility that her conduct may cause death continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility and caused the death of Walter Chiponda by throwing him into Mazowe River thereby causing him severe head trauma and drowning... More
On 10 December 2016 at around 5 pm in Kazangarare area in Karoi near Kazangarare Primary School two women were walking, coming from Kazangarare Grain Marketing Board. More
The two accused persons Wallace Kufandada and Takudzwa Pepukai who are male persons aged 21 years and 18 years respectively were charged with robbery as defined in section 126 (1) and rape as defined in section 65 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (The Criminal Law Code). They both pleaded not guilty to the charges. Despite their protestations, they were both convicted of the first count of robbery. The first accused was also convicted of the second count of rape, whilst the second accused was acquitted of that count. More
The two accused, Wallen Mupunga (hereinafter first accused) and Masimba Makoto (hereinafter second accused) pleaded not guilty to a charge of the murder of Tinotenda Mandiyanike (hereinafter the deceased). With them vehemently denying any connection to the unfortunate demise of the deceased they initiated a lengthy process of a trial which took the court in and out of a trial within a trial, before finally returning to the main trial. The protracted trial endured for several months, causing a considerable strain on all the parties involved. The conclusion of the trial brought a palpable sense of relief to all the... More
Two people were savagely stabbed by a sharp unspecified object on the night of the 25th of April 2025, around 9pm close to Kuwadzana Shops in Banket. One of the victims of the attack, a male adult, died after staggering a few paces from the scene of the stabbing. The other one, a female aged 37 years was seriously slit on both hands, under the right-hand arm pit and the left-hand wrist and hospitalised. The State case is made out of the evidence of this surviving witness which also led to the arrest and arraignment of the accused before this... More
