The 2 accused persons face a charge of murder, it being alleged that on the 19th of November 2017 at Insiza bus stop along the Bulawayo-Harare highway they fatally assaulted Chibhase Chinamasa with an axe handle thereby causing his death from the injuries sustained in that assault. The state tendered the following into the court record .
- the state summary.
- the affidavit of the police officer who identified the deceased’s body to the pathologist.
- the post mortem report which gives the cause of death as peritonitis, raptured small bowel, blunt force trauma.
- both accused’s confirmed warned... More
This matter was placed before the court at the instance of the scrutinizing regional magistrate. The offender was charged with two counts of theft as defined in s 113 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. In both counts it is being alleged that on two occasions he stole green vegetables from the complainant’s garden. The total value of the vegetables stolen is UD$130.00 and nothing was recovered. He pleaded guilty. In count 1 he was sentenced to six months imprisonment of which three months was suspended on the usual conditions of good behaviour. In count 2... More
The accused faces a charge of murder it being alleged that on the 1st of March 2022, and at his own homestead Halale village, Matobo the accused struck Langton Ngwenya once with an axe on the center of the head and thereby causing his death. The accused pleaded Not Guilty by reason of insanity. The state accepted the plea and together they drew a statement of agreed facts which was tendered into the court record and marked Exhibit 1. More
The accused appeared before the trial Magistrate charged with contravening section 60(1) (a) of the Electricity Act, Chapter 13:19, that is abstraction or diversion of electricity. The charge was not couched correctly or cited rather. It ought to have been cited as contravening 60 A (1) (a) of the Electricity Act. The error in citation however is of no moment as the accused knew what the charge was and what it is he is alleged to have done.
The accused pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea of guilty. He was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment the whole... More
On 27th day of June 2021, at approximately 1750 hours the accused was driving a privately owned motor vehicle namely a Toyota Hiace registration ADS 2863 along Masiyephambili drive due east with two passengers on board. The pedestrian Japhet Phiri was crossing Masiyephambili drive due north. At some point near Bellevue shops the accused person who was travelling at an excessive speed in the circumstances, hit the pedestrian who sustained fatal head injuries and died on the spot. More
