The accused who was initially facing a charge of murder as defined in s 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] was subsequently convicted on his on plea of guilty of contravening section 49 of the same Act which relates to culpable homicide. This was after the matter proceeded on the basis of a statement of agreed facts. More
Theaccused is arraigned for contravening section 47 (i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reformed) Act [Chapter 9:23] which relates to murder.
The charge is that on 12 April 2021 at Village 24, Mukosi Resettlement scheme, Chief Nyajena Masvingo the accused intentionally and unlawfully caused the death of Tinago Chikunda, his brother in law, by stabbing with a knife on the neck once.
At the material time both the accused and the now deceased were 46 years old and residing in the same village, that is, village 24 MukosiResettlement Scheme, Chief Nyajena Masvingo. The now deceased was a brother in... More
Initially both accused were charged together with one Shepherd Ziwacha (Shepherd) but Shepherd is now at large. The accused persons are facing a charge of murder as defined in s 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. More
: In S v Chitepo , in the course of a review judgment, in a matter in which the charges preferred against the accused person and the sentence meted out to him had been mishandled, I wrote: More
The narrow issue which falls for determination in this matter is whether the accused acted in self-defence when he fatally stabbed the now deceased one Learnmore Majoni. More
