KABASA J: The accused was charged with murder as defined in s47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23. He tendered a plea of not guilty to murder but guilty to the lesser charge of culpable homicide. The state did not accept the limited plea. He faced a second charge of malicious damage to property to which he pleaded not guilty. More
The accused appears before this court on a charge of murder as defined in section 47 of the Criminal law [Codification and Reform] Act Chapter 9:23. It being alleged that on the 8th August 2021, accused unlawfully caused the death of NettoDube (deceased) by trampling upon his stomach three times with the heal of his bare foot intending to kill him or realising that there is a real risk or possibility that his conduct may cause the death of deceased and continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility. More
The accused herein was convicted of rape as defined in section 65 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act Chapter 9:23. The accused had denied the allegations.
The facts of the matter are that complainant was 14 years old and that herself and the accused person are cousins. That on a date unknown to the prosecutor but during the month of December 2019 at around midnight the accused entered the room where complainant was sleeping. He then went over to where the complainant was sleeping and lay on top of her. The accused proceeded to insert his erect... More
The accused, Mr Fredy Tsanangura, is appearing before this court charged with the crime of murder as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23 (Criminal Code). It being alleged that on 8 April 2019 the accused unlawfully caused the death of Elphas Tsanangura (deceased) by manual strangulation intending to kill him or realising that there is a real risk or possibility that his conduct may cause the death of the deceased and continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility. More
DUBE-BANDA J: The accused appears in this court on a charge of murder, as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) [Chapter 9:23]. It being alleged that on the 16th September 2020, accused caused the death of NyangaMoyo (deceased) by striking him all over the body using a stick and axe, once on the right leg, once on the left leg and once on the left arm intending to kill him or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that his conduct may cause the death of the deceased continued to engage in that... More
