The accused is charged with murder as defined in section 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23, to which he pleaded not guilty.
The state alleges that on 11 February 2022 the deceased was at Somhlanga shops in Lupane when the accused arrived. The accused proceeded to shout at the deceased accusing him of having impregnated his mother and thereafter neglecting her. The accused thereafter took a brick, an iron bar and a knife and used these weapons to assault the deceased. He threatened to cut off his testicles as he considered them as the offending... More
The accused has been arraigned in this court on a charge of murder in contravention of section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act (Chapter 9:22). Accused pleads not guilty to the charge of murder. Accused tenders a plea of guilty with respect to the lesser charge of culpable homicide. The State accepts the limited plea.
A statement of agreed facts has been tendered into the record by the State. The brief facts surrounding the circumstances of this offence are that on the 24th day of December 2020 at around 20:00 hours the accused arrived at his... More
The 2 accused persons face 2 counts of murder, it being alleged that on the 16th of April 2018 both accused persons assaulted Dumenkosini Mankebe Sibanda and Andile Ncube on the same date but at different places and at different times resulting in the death of the 2 deceased persons. More
The facts of this matter make some very sad reading. The accused was charged with murder in contravention of section 47 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act for the murder of 86 year old Chilemba Mudenda by striking him with an axe once on the neck intending to kill him or realising a real risk or possibility that his conduct may cause the death of the said Chilemba Mudenda but nonetheless continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility.
The accused was further charged with attempted murder as defined in section 189 as read with... More
On the 5th of July 2022 the now deceased’s 11 year old sister advised that the now deceased had lost his pen. The now deceased admitted as much. The accused then told the now deceased to look for a switch which the accused then used to assault him several times until the switch broke. The switch was 60 cm long, 3 cm in diameter and 0,020 kg in weight. The deceased bled as a result of the assault and the accused took him to a clinic when his condition deteriorated. He was then transferred to St Luke’s hospital where he... More
