The applicant with 2 others appeared before me for sentence after being referred to this court by a Gweru Provincial Magistrate. The applicant and another were convicted of 17 counts of :
“vandalise, cut, damage, destroy, or interfere with any apparatus for transmitting and distributing or supplying electricity” in contravention of section 60A (3) of the Electricity Act (Chapter 13:19) as read with section 22 (3) (b) of the Electricity Amendment Act published in Statutory Instrument number 12 of 2007. More
Accused appears in this court facing a charge of murder in contravention of section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act (Chapter 9:23). The state alleges that during the period between the 24th and the 27th March 2020 at Plot 38 Central Estates, Mvuma, the accused unlawfully and intentionally killed Trust Munnhuwei (deceased) by striking him twice on the head with an axe, intending to cause his death or realizing that his conduct could cause the death of the deceased. More
The accused faces a charge of murder, it being alleged that on the 22nd of December 2019 he assaulted the deceased Anastacia Tshuma who was his wife causing her death. He pleaded not guilty to murder but tendered a limited plea to culpable homicide. The state counsel accepted that plea and the parties drew a statement of agreed facts which was tendered and marked exhibit 1. It reads as follows: More
] The two accused persons are appearing before this court charged with the crime of murder as defined in s 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. It being alleged that on 17 July 2023 they unlawfully caused the death of Jabulani Mpofu hereinafter referred to as deceased by striking him with a stick four times on the head, while holding him down intending to kill him or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that his conduct may cause the death of the deceased and continued to engage in that conduct despite the... More
This is a review matter that came before me in terms of s 57(1) of the Magistrates’ Court Act [Chapter 7:10]. The accused was charged with the crime of rape as defined in section 65(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. He was convicted and sentenced to twenty (20) years imprisonment of which two (2) years were suspended for five (5) on condition of good behaviour. More
