The accused was arraigned before us to answer to a charge of murder as defined in s 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. The charge is that on 1 April, 2018 at Nduna Village, Headman Madzivire, Chivi, Masvingo the accused unlawfully and with intent kill shot his wife Lucia Sumaili with a pistol in the head thereby causing her death. More
This is another matter which this court is seized with in which a life was lost after both accused and the now deceased had partaken a popular but lethal brew in this part of the country called traditional marula beer or mukumbi beer. The alcohol content of this type of beer is yet to be established but I take judicial notice from various cases presented before me that indeed it is a lethal brew if consumed in copious quantities. More
The accused who is facing a charge of murder as defined in s 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] offered a limited plea to the lesser charge of culpable homicide as defined in s 49 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. The state declined to accept the limited plea. More
The facts in this case are largely common cause.
The accused is facing a charge of murder as defined in S 47 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Cap 9:23] More
The 22-year-old accused and the 33-year-old now deceased were persons well known to each other very well. They hailed from the same area together with accused’s alleged accomplice one Goddie Zvenyika (Goddie) and the now deceased’s friend Calton Zhou. Another common feature amongst them is that at the material time they were all gold panners, otherwise dignified as artisanal miners. They were all carrying out this activity at the seemingly very controversial and cursed mine called Lennox Mine in Mashava. This is so because we take judicial notice of the number of criminal and civil disputes emanating from this Lennox... More
