The appellant was convicted and sentenced for unlawful possession or dealing in precious stones. The facts forming the charge and conviction are that on 5 May 2018 the appellant was searched by the police and was found with pieces of diamond in his pocket. The appellant was convicted after a protracted trial for contravening s 3 (1) as read with s 3 (2) (b) of Precious Stones Trade Act [Chapter 21:06]. The appellant was sentenced to the mandatory sentence of 5years imprisonment. Dissatisfied with the finding of the court a quo the appellant lodged the present appeal. More
A fire broke out at 100 Hauna Growth Point (hereinafter called the business premises) premises owned by the first plaintiff. First plaintiff rented out the business premises to second plaintiff and defendant. The fire caused destruction to the business premises and movable property and fittings belonging to both first and second plaintiffs. The plaintiffs allege that the damage was caused by defendant’s negligence. Plaintiffs proceeded to issue summons against defendant for damages arising from the destruction caused by the fire to the building itself and the value of the destroyed building and value of the destroyed moveable property and further... More
Second defendant (BH Drury) is a title holder of stand 2427A Umtali Township, also known as No. 17 Aerodrome Road, Mutare, the property measures 1364 square metres.
In 2009 first defendant acting on behalf of second defendant sold the property to the plaintiff and entered into an agreement of sale. The purchase price was US$80 000 and the plaintiff contends that it paid in full in 2009. Plaintiff has been a tenant at the property in question from 1999 and upon payment of the purchase price in 2009 it ceased to pay rentals to first defendants. More
This is an appeal filed by the appellant against both conviction and sentence reached and passed by the Magistrate sitting at Mutare on the 8th of January 2020 where the appellant was convicted for a charge of unauthorised borrowing or use of property as defined in s 116 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] and was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment of which 5 months imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on the usual conditions, 3 months imprisonment was further suspended on conditions appellant pays a fine of $1000-00 and the remaining 6 months were further... More
The accused pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder as defined in s 47 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23].it is the state’s contention that on and at Canlebury Farm Chief Mutasa, the accused unlawfully caused the death of Diana Sithole by assaulting her with an unknown object on the forehead and face intending to kill her or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that his conduct might cause death and continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility resulting in the injuries from which Diana Sithole... More
