The accused is charged with the crime of murder as defined in s 47 of the
Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9.23]. The indictment alleges that on 26
April, 2015 the accused acting with intent or realising the real risk or possibility that his actions
might cause death and nonetheless continuing to engage in that conduct unlawfully shot the
deceased Vena Bokosha once on the head with an AK rifle and caused the deceased’s death. The
shooting incident occurred at Manyame Airbase, Harare at an area referred to as the bomb dump.
It is a security area where... More
The Chief Magistrate requested that the record of proceedings in the matter of State v Brian Katiyo CRB B 978/15 be placed before a judge of this court with the following comments:
“Reference is made to the above matter." More
The accused person was arraigned on a charge of rape. He was
subsequently convicted of indecent assault. The record of proceedings was submitted to the
High Court for review in terms of s 57 (1) of the Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 7:10]. More
This homicide was a result of the accused and other villagers’ belief in extra judicial punishment or retribution on the victim whom they suspected of wrongdoing. The four accused appeared before us on a charge of murder as defined in s 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23] (The Code). They are accused of having lynched the deceased to death on 11 April 2020 at Nechiva Village, of Chief Seke. The prosecutor alleges that they unlawfully and with intent to kill, or realizing that there was a real risk or possibility that their conduct may cause... More
This review judgment deals with the issue of whether under s 70 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23], a male young person can be competently convicted of engaging in extra-marital sexual intercourse with a female young person.
The facts in the present case were that in April 2009 the 15 year old CF who was in Form 3 fell in love with a 14 year old form 1 girl at a secondary school where they were both attending. They first had consensual sexual intercourse in July 2009 and thereafter continued to do so on... More
