The accused person, Norman Gwande was jointly charged with one Tafanana Dangarembizi on a charge of Stock Theft as defined by s.114 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [cap: 9:23](”Criminal code”). More
This matter has taken an unusually long period of time to be concluded. It has been a long walk to justice on the part of the accused person and all those involved.
Having been convicted of having committed the crime of murder with actual intend by my brother Judge BLACKIE J on 16 July 2002, we were only able to reconvene on 16 November 2010 to deal with the existence or non-existence of extenuating circumstances before sentencing the accused person. More
The scrutinising Regional Magistrate has referred these three matters to the Registrar for guidance. Although they were dealt with by two different magistrates, they involve similar facts and circumstances. More
Apart from remedying the court a quo`s misdirection, this judgment restates three basic matters. Firstly, the procedure to follow in taking a plea of guilty in the magistrates` court in terms of sections 271 (2) (b) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [ Chapter 9:07] (“the CPE Act”). More
This is perhaps a classical case of how not to conduct a trial based on a plea of guilty in terms of s 271 (2) (b) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Cap.9:07]. In this case the accused a 17 year old juvenile had consensual sexual intercourse with a fellow juvenile in contravention of s 70 (1) of the (Criminal Law codification and Reform) Act [Cap. 9:23].The complainant’s age was assessed by a medical practitioner to be between 14 ½ and 15 ½. More
